Job 38:20

That thou mayest conduct it unto the bound thereof, and that thou mayest perceive the paths to its house.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

In Context

19Where then is the way, the light shall abide? And, the darkness, where then is its place?

21Thou knowest, for, then, hadst thou been born! And, in number, thy days are many!

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Cross References

Genesis 10:19And it came to pass that the boundary of the Canaanite was from Zidon, as thou enterest in towards Gerar unto Gaza,—as thou enterest in towards Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboim, as far as Lasha.

Job 26:10A, boundary, hath he encircled on the face of the waters, as far as where light ends in darkness;

Matthew Henry on Job 38:13-25

Works of God. ( b. c. 1520.) 12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; 13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? 14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. 15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken. 16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? 17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee?… Read the whole commentary →

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