Job 38:12

¶ Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; [and] caused the dayspring to know his place;

Hast thou commanded {H6680} the morning {H1242} since thy days {H3117}; and caused the dayspring {H7837} to know {H3045} his place {H4725};

"Have you ever in your life called up the dawn and made the morning know its place,

In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, And caused the dayspring to know its place;

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 74:16 (7 votes)

    The day [is] thine, the night also [is] thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

  • Job 8:9 (6 votes)

    (For we [are but of] yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth [are] a shadow:)

  • Psalms 148:3 (6 votes)

    Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.

  • Psalms 148:5 (6 votes)

    Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.

  • Genesis 1:5 (5 votes)

    And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

  • Luke 1:78 (4 votes)

    Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,

  • 2 Peter 1:19 (4 votes)

    ¶ We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: