King James Version
Job 38:19 in the King James Version says “Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,” — study this verse from Job chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,”
Job 38:19 · KJV
Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? to the bound: or, at, etc
Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Where is the way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“where light”
H216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
“and as for darkness”
H2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
“where is the 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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