Job 38:13

Translations

Modern

…that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?

Traditional

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

Literal

…for it to take hold of the edges of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?

Latin

Et tenuisti concutiens extrema terræ, et excussisti impios ex ea?

Original

Hebrew

English

…that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?

Notes

Job 38:1–40:5

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

Job's Trial

Related verses

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He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.
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So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea.
Psalm 139:9–12
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
Psalm 104:21–22
The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
Job 24:13–17
Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
Psalm 19:4–6
…their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun.

Glossary

Book of Job Earth Proverbs, Book of Wisdom Literature

Topics

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

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