Job 38:20

Translations

Modern

…so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?

Traditional

That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

Literal

…that you may take it to its border, that you may know the paths to its home?

Latin

…ut ducas unumquodque ad terminos suos, et intelligas semitas domus ejus.

Original

Hebrew

English

…so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?

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

Job 26:10
He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
Genesis 10:19
…and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
Genesis 23:17
So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field were deeded over

Glossary

Book of Job Proverbs, Book of Wisdom Literature

Topics

Blessing: Temporal, from God Darkness: Inexplicable Nature of God: Creator God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Light: The Theory of, Beyond Man's Comprehension

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