Job 38:13
To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,
Young's Literal Translation
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
12Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?
14It turneth itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed.
Cross References
Exodus 14:27And Moses stretcheth out his hand towards the sea, and the sea turneth back, at the turning of the morning, to its perennial flow, and the Egyptians are fleeing at its coming, and Jehovah shaketh off the Egyptians in the midst of the sea,
Job 24:17When together, morning [is] to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade.
Psalms 19:4Into all the earth hath their line gone forth, And to the end of the world their sayings, For the sun He placed a tent in them,
Psalms 104:21The young lions are roaring for prey, And to seek from God their food.
Psalms 139:9I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part 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 →