English Standard Version
Job 38:13
13that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?
Job 38:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
- New International Version (NIV)that it might take the earth by the edges and shake the wicked out of it?
- New King James Version (NKJV)That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?
- New Living Translation (NLT)Have you made daylight spread to the ends of the earth, to bring an end to the night’s wickedness?
Context of Job 38:13
11and said, 'Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayed'? 12"Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place, that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it? 14It is changed like clay under the seal, and its features stand out like a garment. 15From the wicked their light is withheld, and their uplifted arm is broken.
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לֶ֭אֱחֹז בְּכַנְפ֣וֹת הָאָ֑רֶץ וְיִנָּעֲר֖וּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים מִמֶּֽנָּה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 38:13
- Psalms 19:4Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,
- Psalms 139:9If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
- Job 37:3Under the whole heaven he lets it go, and his lightning to the corners of the earth.
- Job 24:13"There are those who rebel against the light, who are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths.
- Exodus 14:27So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal course when the morning appeared. And as the Egyptians fled into it, the Lord threw the Egyptians into the midst of the sea.
- Psalms 104:21The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God.
Commentaries on Job 38:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13That the wicked might be shaken out of it? - The meaning appears to be this: as soon as the light begins to dawn upon the earth, thieves, assassins, murderers, and adulterers, who all hate and shun the light, fly like ferocious beasts to their several dens and hiding places; for such do not dare to come to the light, lest their works be manifest, which are not wrought in God. To this verse the fifteenth appears to belong, as it connects immediately with…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth - Margin, as in Hebrew “wings.” Wings are in the Scriptures frequently given to the earth, because it seems to be spread out, and the expression refers to its extremities. The language is derived from the supposition that the earth was a plain, and had limits or bounds. The idea here is, that God causes the light of the morning suddenly to spread to the remotest parts of the world, and to reveal everything…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. 12-1512-15. Passing from creation to phenomena in the existing inanimate world. Hast thou--as God daily does. commanded the morning--to rise. since thy days--since thou hast come into being. his place--It varies in its place of rising from day to day, and yet it has its place each day according to fixed laws.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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