Job 38:20

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

Webster Bible

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 is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is its place,

21Knowest thou it , because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

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Cross References

Genesis 10:19And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, to Gaza; as thou goest to Sodom and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even to Lashah.

Job 26:10He hath encompassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

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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