King James Version
Job 38:21 in the King James Version says “Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?” — study this verse from Job chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?”
Job 38:21 · KJV
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?
Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Knowest”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“thou it because thou wast then born”
H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
“or because the number”
H4557a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
“of 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
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