Job 38:13

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?

ASV

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

LSV

To take hold on the skirts of the earth, || And the wicked are shaken out of it,

YLT

To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,

DBY

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

DRC

And didst thou hold the extremities of the earth shaking them, and hast thou shaken the ungodly out of it?

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE

to lay hold of the extremities of the earth, to cast out the ungodly out of it?

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WLC

לֶ֭אֱחֹז בְּכַנְפ֣וֹת הָאָ֑רֶץ וְיִנָּעֲר֖וּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים מִמֶּֽנָּה׃Suspended letter(s). Shown as suspended letters without a superscript note number.

LXX-Br

ἐπιλαβέσθαι πτερύγων γῆς, ἐκτινάξαι ἀσεβεῖς ἐξ αὐτῆς;

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• Psalms 104:35May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah!
• Job 37:3He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.
• Exodus 14:27So 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.
• Job 24:13–17Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths. When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief. The eye of the…
• Psalms 104:21–22The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God. The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens.
• Psalms 19:4–6their 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. Like a bridegroom emerging from his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his…
• Psalms 139:9–12If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea, even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast. If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around…

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