God’s Word Translation
Job 38:19
19“What is the way to the place where light lives? Where is the home of darkness
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 gateways to death been revealed to you, or have you seen the gateways to total darkness? 18Have you ⌞even⌟ considered how wide the earth is? Tell me, if you know all of this! “What is the way to the place where light lives? Where is the home of darkness 20so that you may lead it to its territory, so that you may know the path to its home? 21You must know because you were born then and have lived such a long time!
Read all of Job 38Job 38:19 word by word
אֵי־זֶ֣ה הַ֭דֶּרֶךְ יִשְׁכָּן־א֑וֹר וְ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ אֵי־זֶ֥ה מְקֹמֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 38:19
- Job 38:12“Have you ever given orders to the morning or assigned a place for the dawn
- Genesis 1:3Then God said, “Let there be light!” So there was light.
- Deuteronomy 4:19Don’t let yourselves be tempted to worship and serve what you see in the sky—the sun, the moon, the stars, or anything else. The Lord your God has given them to all people everywhere.
- Isaiah 45:7I make light and create darkness. I make blessings and create disasters. I, the Lord, do all these things.
- John 1:9The real light, which shines on everyone, was coming into the world.
- John 8:12Jesus spoke to the Pharisees again. He said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will have a life filled with light and will never live in the dark.”
- Psalms 18:11He made the darkness his hiding place, the dark rain clouds his covering.
- Psalms 104:20He brings darkness, and it is nighttime, when all the wild animals in the forest come out.
- Psalms 105:28He sent darkness and made ⌞their land⌟ dark. They did not rebel against his orders.
- Jeremiah 13:16Honor the Lord your God before it gets dark, before your feet stumble on the mountains in the twilight. You will look for light, but the Lord will turn it into the shadow of death and change it into deep darkness.
- Ezekiel 32:8I will darken all the lights shining in the sky above you. I will bring darkness over your land, declares the Almighty Lord.
- Amos 4:13God forms the mountains and creates the wind. He reveals his thoughts to humans. He makes dawn and dusk ⌞appear⌟. He walks on the high places of the earth. His name is the Lord God of Armies.
- Matthew 27:45At noon darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.
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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