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Job 38:19
19Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place,
Job 38:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
- New International Version (NIV)“What is the way to the abode of light? And where does darkness reside?
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and where is the place of darkness,
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place,
Context of Job 38:19
17Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death? 18Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all. Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place, 20That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house? 21Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!
Read all of Job 38Job 38:19 word by word
אֵי־זֶ֣ה הַ֭דֶּרֶךְ יִשְׁכָּן־א֑וֹר וְ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ אֵי־זֶ֥ה מְקֹמֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 38:19
- Job 38:12Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,
- Genesis 1:3And God said, Let there be light. And there was light.
- Deuteronomy 4:19and lest thou lift up thine eyes to the heavens, and see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, the whole host of heaven, and be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath assigned unto all peoples under the whole heaven.
- Isaiah 45:7forming the light and creating darkness, making peace and creating evil: I, Jehovah, do all these things.
- John 1:9The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens every man.
- John 8:12Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
- Psalms 18:11He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
- Psalms 104:20Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth:
- Psalms 105:28He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
- Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the mountains of twilight; and ye shall look for light, but he will turn it into the shadow of death, and make [it] gross darkness.
- Ezekiel 32:8All the bright lights of the heavens will I make black over thee, and bring darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord Jehovah.
- Amos 4:13For behold, he who formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, who maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, — Jehovah, the God of hosts, is his name.
- Matthew 27:45Now from [the] sixth hour there was darkness over the whole land until [the] ninth hour;
Commentaries on Job 38:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Where light dwelleth - What is the source of light? Yea, what is light itself? It is not in the sun, for light was before the sun; but what is light? It is no doubt a substance; but of what kind? and of what are its particles? As to darkness, what is It? Is it philosophical to say, it is the mere privation of light? I shall think philosophy has made some advances to general accuracy and perfection when it proves to us what cold is, and what darkness is…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Where is the way where light dwelleth? - Or, rather, where is the way or path to the place where light dwells? Light is conceived of as coming from a great distance, and as having a place which might be regarded as its home. It comes in the morning, and is withdrawn at evening, and it seems as if it came from some far distant dwelling-place in the morning to illuminate the world, and then retired to its home in the evening, and thus gave place for…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-24Verses 12-24 The Lord questions Job, to convince him of his ignorance, and shame him for his folly in prescribing to God. If we thus try ourselves, we shall soon be brought to own that what we know is nothing in comparison with what we know not. By the tender mercy of our God, the Day-spring from on high has visited us, to give light to those that sit in darkness, whose hearts are turned to it as clay to the seal, 2Co 4:6. God's way in the government of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-41God challenges Job. Job admits he cannot judge the moral world. God shows Job's ignorance of the natural world's elements related to the realm of heaven, weather, animals, and birds (38:4–21; 22–38; 39–39:30).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-3819-38. The marvels in heaven. "What is the way (to the place wherein) light dwelleth?" The origin of light and darkness. In Ge 1:3-5, 14-18, "light" is created distinct from, and previous to, light-emitting bodies, the luminaries of heaven.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 38
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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