Job 38:19

In 11 translations

BSB

Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,

KJV

Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

WEB

“What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,

ASV

Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

LSV

Where [is] this—the way light dwells? And darkness, where [is] this—its place?

YLT

Where [is] this — the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where [is] this — its place?

DBY

Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place,

DRC

Where is the way where light dwelleth, and where is the place of darkness:

GNV

Where is the way where light dwelleth? and where is the place of darkenesse,

JPS

Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and as for darkness, where is the place thereof;

LXXE

And in what kind of a land does the light dwell? and of what kind is the place of darkness?

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Original-language editions

WLC

אֵי־זֶ֣ה הַ֭דֶּרֶךְ יִשְׁכָּן־א֑וֹר וְ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ אֵי־זֶ֥ה מְקֹמֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Ποίᾳ δὲ γῇ αὐλίζεται τὸ φῶς; σκότους δὲ ποῖος ὁ τόπος;

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ezekiel 32:8All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD.
• Psalms 105:28He sent darkness, and it became dark— yet they defied His words.
• Matthew 27:45From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
• Psalms 18:11He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.
• Genesis 1:14–18And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years. And let them serve as lights in the expanse of…
• Genesis 1:3–4And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.
• Deuteronomy 4:19When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
• Isaiah 45:7I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
• Psalms 104:20You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.
• Job 38:12–13In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place, that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?
• Amos 4:13For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth— the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”
• John 8:12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
• John 1:9The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world.
• Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.

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