Job 38:12 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 38:12

10 When ^aI fixed My limit for it,
And set bars and doors;

11 When I said,
‘This far you may come, but no farther,
And here your proud waves ^amust stop!’

12 “Have you ^acommanded the morning since your days began,
And caused the dawn to know its place,

13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth,
And ^athe wicked be shaken out of it?

14 It takes on form like clay under a seal,
And stands out like a garment.

15 From the wicked their ^alight is withheld,
And ^bthe upraised arm is broken.

16 “Have you ^aentered the springs of the sea?
Or have you walked in search of the depths?

17 Have ^athe gates of death been revealed to you?
Or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?

18 Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth?
Tell Me, if you know all this.

19 “Where is the way to the dwelling of light?
And darkness, where is its place,

20 That you may take it to its territory,
That you may know the paths to its home?

21 Do you know it, because you were born then,
Or because the number of your days is great?

22 “Have you entered ^athe treasury of snow,
Or have you seen the treasury of hail,

23 ^aWhich I have reserved for the time of trouble,
For the day of battle and war?

Verse Comparison: Job 38:12

American Standard Version
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days `began', `And' caused the dayspring to know its place;

Amplified® Bible
Have you commanded the morning since your days began and caused the dawn to know its place,

Contemporary English Version
Did you ever tell the sun to rise? And did it obey?

Darby English Version
Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,

Good News Bible
Job, have you ever in all your life commanded a day to dawn?

King James Version
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

New American Standard Bible
"Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, {And} caused the dawn to know its place,

New International Version
"Have you ever given orders to the morning,
or shown the dawn its place,

New King James Version
“Have you commanded the morning since your days began,
And caused the dawn to know its place,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, And caused the dawn to know its place,

Revised Standard Version
"Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place,

Young's Literal Translation
Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?

New English Translation
Have you ever in your life¹ commanded the morning, or made the dawn know² its place,