King James Version
Job 38:12 in the King James Version says “Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;” — study this verse from Job chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;”
Job 38:12 · KJV
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, brake: or, established my decree upon it
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? thy: Heb. the pride of thy waves
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? ends: Heb. wings
It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“since thy days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“to know”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
“his place”
H4725properly, a standing, i.e., a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
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