New King James Version
Job 38:19
19“Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And 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 Living Translation (NLT)“Where does light come from, and where does darkness go?
Context of Job 38:19
17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death? 18Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. “Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place, 20That you may take it to its territory, That you may know the paths to its home? 21Do you know it, because you were born then, Or because the number of your 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
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Cross-references for Job 38:19
- Job 38:12“Have you commanded the morning since your days began, And caused the dawn to know its place,
- Genesis 1:3Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.
- Deuteronomy 4:19And take heed, lest you lift your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, you feel driven to worship them and serve them, which the Lord your God has given to all the peoples under the whole heaven as a heritage.
- Isaiah 45:7I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the Lord, do all these things.’
- John 1:9That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.
- John 8:12Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”
- Psalms 18:11He made darkness His secret place; His canopy around Him was dark waters And thick clouds of the skies.
- Psalms 104:20You make darkness, and it is night, In which all the beasts of the forest creep about.
- Psalms 105:28He sent darkness, and made it dark; And they did not rebel against His word.
- Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the Lord your God Before He causes darkness, And before your feet stumble On the dark mountains, And while you are looking for light, He turns it into the shadow of death And makes it dense darkness.
- Ezekiel 32:8All the bright lights of the heavens I will make dark over you, And bring darkness upon your land,” Says the Lord God.
- Amos 4:13For behold, He who forms mountains, And creates the wind, Who declares to man what his thought is, And makes the morning darkness, Who treads the high places of the earth— The Lord God of hosts is His name.
- Matthew 27:45Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land.
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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