Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its place, New Living Translation “Have you ever commanded the morning to appear and caused the dawn to rise in the east? English Standard Version “Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place, Berean Standard Bible In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place, King James Bible Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; New King James Version “Have you commanded the morning since your days began, And caused the dawn to know its place, New American Standard Bible “Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, And made the dawn know its place, NASB 1995 “Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, And caused the dawn to know its place, NASB 1977 “Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, And caused the dawn to know its place; Legacy Standard Bible “Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, And caused the dawn to know its place, Amplified Bible “Since your days began, have you ever commanded the morning, And caused the dawn to know its place, Christian Standard Bible Have you ever in your life commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place, Holman Christian Standard Bible Have you ever in your life commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place, American Standard Version Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, And caused the dayspring to know its place; Aramaic Bible in Plain English From your days have you commanded the dawn? Do you know which is the place of early dawn Brenton Septuagint Translation Or did I order the morning light in thy time; and did the morning star then first see his appointed place; Contemporary English Version Did you ever tell the sun to rise? And did it obey? Douay-Rheims Bible Didst thou since thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning of the day its place? English Revised Version Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, and caused the dayspring to know its place; GOD'S WORD® Translation "Have you ever given orders to the morning or assigned a place for the dawn Good News Translation Job, have you ever in all your life commanded a day to dawn? International Standard Version "Have you ever commanded the morning at any time during your life? Do you know where the dawn lives, JPS Tanakh 1917 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, And caused the dayspring to know its place; Literal Standard Version Have you commanded morning since your days? Do you cause the dawn to know its place? Majority Standard Bible In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place, New American Bible Have you ever in your lifetime commanded the morning and shown the dawn its place NET Bible Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or made the dawn know its place, New Revised Standard Version “Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place, New Heart English Bible "Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place; Webster's Bible Translation Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the day-spring to know its place; World English Bible “Have you commanded the morning in your days, 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? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God Challenges Job…11and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’? 12In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place, 13that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?… Cross References Job 38:11 and I declared: 'You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop'? Job 38:13 that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it? Amos 5:8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth--the LORD is His name-- Treasury of Scripture Have you commanded the morning since your days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; commanded Genesis 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. Psalm 74:16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. Psalm 136:7,8 To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever: … since Job 38:4,21 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding… Job 8:9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) Job 15:7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills? the dayspring Luke 1:78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, 2 Peter 1:19 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: Jump to Previous Caused Causest Commanded Conscious Dawn Dayspring Day-Spring Earliest Life Morning Orders ShownJump to Next Caused Causest Commanded Conscious Dawn Dayspring Day-Spring Earliest Life Morning Orders ShownJob 38 1. God challenges Job to answer4. God, by his mighty works, convinces Job of ignorance 31. and weakness (12) And caused the dayspring to know his place.--Changing, as it does, from day to day with the changing seasons.Verse 12. - Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days? rather, by reason of ray length of days - a similar irony to that observable in vers. 5, 21, etc. The third marvel of creation brought before us is the dawn, or daybreak - that standing miracle of combined utility and beauty. Has Job authority to issue his orders to the dawn, and tell it when to make its appearance? Has he caused the dayspring to know his place? Job cannot possibly pretend to any such power. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew In your days,הְֽ֭מִיָּמֶיךָ (hə·mî·yā·me·ḵā) Article, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day have you commanded צִוִּ֣יתָ (ṣiw·wî·ṯā) Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order the morning בֹּ֑קֶר (bō·qer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1242: Dawn, morning or assigned יִדַּ֖עְתָּה (yid·da‘·tā) Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3045: To know the dawn הַשַּׁ֣חַר (haš·ša·ḥar) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7837: Dawn its place, מְקֹמֽוֹ׃ (mə·qō·mōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition Links Job 38:12 NIVJob 38:12 NLT Job 38:12 ESV Job 38:12 NASB Job 38:12 KJV Job 38:12 BibleApps.com Job 38:12 Biblia Paralela Job 38:12 Chinese Bible Job 38:12 French Bible Job 38:12 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 38:12 Have you commanded the morning in your (Jb) |
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