Job 38:12
“Hast thou commaunded the morning since thy daies? and caused the day-spring to know his place,”
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Job 38:12 Context
10And brake vp for it my decreed place, and set barres and doores, 11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and heere shall thy proud waues be stayed. 12Hast thou commaunded the morning since thy daies? and caused the day-spring to know his place, 13That it might take hold of the endes of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? 14It is turned as clay to the seale, and they stand as a garment.
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Other Translations for Job 38:12
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; [and] caused the dayspring to know his place;
- King James Version
"Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, {And} caused the dawn to know its place,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days `began', `And' caused the dayspring to know its place;
- American Standard Version (1901)
Have you, from your earliest days, given orders to the morning, or made the dawn conscious of its place;
- Basic English Bible
Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,
- Darby Bible
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the day-spring to know its place;
- Webster's Bible
Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place;
- World English Bible
Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?
- Youngs Literal Bible
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, and caused the dayspring to know its place;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 38:12
38:12 Morning - Didst thou create the sun, and appoint the order and succession of day and night. Since - Since thou wast born: this work was done long before thou wast born. To know - To observe the punctual time when, and the point of the heavens where it should arise; which varies every day.