Job 38:12

The LORD Challenges Job · Job 38:1–41
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Translations

Modern
In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,
Traditional
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
Literal
…have you commanded the morning from your days, and made the dawn to know its place,
Latin
Numquid post ortum tuum præcepisti diluculo, et ostendisti auroræ locum suum?

Original

Hebrew
English
In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,

Notes

God 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).

Theme notes and profiles

Complaints God’s Uniqueness

Events

Glossary

Book of Job Dayspring, Day Star Morning Star Proverbs, Book of Wisdom Literature

Topics

Blessing: Temporal, from God Continents: General Scriptures Concerning God: Creator God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Man: Insignificance of Morning Prayer Morning: Ordained by God