Job 38:13

Whether thou heldest shaking together the last parts of [the] earth, and shakedest away [the] wicked men therefrom? (Hast thou taught it to take hold of the last parts of the earth, and shakedest out the wicked from there?)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

In Context

12Whether after thy birth thou commandedest to the beginning of the day, and showedest to the morrowtide his place? (or and hast shown, or told, the morning its place?)

14A sealing shall be restored as clay, and it shall stand as a cloth. (It shall be as clear as the mark of a seal on a piece of clay, and it shall stand out like the folds of a cloak.)

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Cross References

Exodus 14:27And when Moses had held forth his hand against the sea, it turned again first in the morrowtide to the former place, (or And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and early in the morning it returned to its former place); and when the Egyptians fled, the waters came (up) against them, and the Lord wrapped them (up) in the midst of the flood.

Job 24:17If the morrowtide appeareth suddenly, they deem it the shadow of death; and so they go in (the) darknesses, as in (the) light.

Psalms 19:4The sound of them went out into all (the) earth; and the words of them into the ends of the world. In the sun he hath set his tabernacle (or In the sky he hath pitched a tent for the sun);

Psalms 104:21Lions’ whelps roaring for to ravish (prey); and to seek of God meat to themselves. (The lions’ whelps roar while they hunt the prey; seeking food for themselves from God.)

Psalms 139:9If I shall take my feathers full early; and shall dwell in the last parts of the sea. (If I shall take flight early in the morning; or if I shall live on the farthest edge, or the coast, of the sea.)

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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