Job 38:12

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

WEB

“Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place,

ASV

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, And caused the dayspring to know its place;

LSV

Have you commanded morning since your days? Do you cause the dawn to know its place?

YLT

Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?

DBY

Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,

DRC

Didst thou since thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning of the day its place?

GNV

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy dayes? hast thou caused the morning to knowe his place,

JPS

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, and caused the dayspring to know its place;

LXXE

Or did I order the morning light in thy time; and did the morning star then first see his appointed place;

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WLC

הְֽ֭מִיָּמֶיךָ צִוִּ֣יתָ בֹּ֑קֶר ידעתה שחר מְקֹמֽוֹ׃BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.Read aloud as (qere): יִדַּ֖עְתָּה הַשַּׁ֣חַרWe read one or more consonants in L differently from BHS.

LXX-Br

Ἢ ἐπὶ σοῦ συντέταχα φέγγος πρωϊνόν; Ἑωσφόρος δὲ ἶδε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ τάξιν,

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 74:16The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
• Psalms 148:3–5Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars. Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies. Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He gave the command and they were created.
• Genesis 1:5God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
• Job 8:9For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.
• Psalms 136:7–8He made the great lights— His loving devotion endures forever. the sun to rule the day, His loving devotion endures forever.
• Luke 1:78because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
• 2 Peter 1:19We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
• Job 15:7Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
• Job 38:21Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!
• Job 38:4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.

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