約伯記 38:12-13 RCUVTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 38:13

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? The idea seems to he that the dawn, suddenly appearing, seizes hold of all the ends of the earth "at one rush" (Canon Cook), and lights up the whole terrestrial region. The wicked, lovers of darkness, are taken by surprise, and receive a shock from which they recover with difficulty (comp. Job 24:16 , Job 24:17 ). That they are "shaken from the earth" must be regarded as Oriental hyperbole. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 38:12

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days - That is, in thy lifetime hast thou ordered the light of the morning to shine, and directed its beams over the world? God appeals to this as one of the proofs of his majesty and power - and who can look upon the spreading light of the morning and be insensible to the force and beauty of the appeal? The transition from the ocean to the morning may have been partly because the light of the morning is one of the striking exhibitions of the power of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 38:13

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth - Margin, as in Hebrew “wings.” Wings are in the Scriptures frequently given to the earth, because it seems to be spread out, and the expression refers to its extremities. The language is derived from the supposition that the earth was a plain, and had limits or bounds. The idea here is, that God causes the light of the morning suddenly to spread to the remotest parts of the world, and to reveal everything which was there.That the wicked might be... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 38:12-13

Job 38:12-13. Hast thou commanded the morning? That is, the morning light, or the sun, which is the cause of it. Didst thou create the sun, and appoint the order and succession of day and night. Since thy days Since thou wast born: this work was done long before thou wast born. And caused the day-spring to know its place To observe the punctual time when, and the point of the heavens where it should arise; which varies every day. That it might take hold of the ends of the earth That... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 38:1-38

38:1-42:17GOD’S ANSWERControl of the natural world (38:1-38)Possibly an approaching storm was what prompted Elihu’s poetic praise of the God of nature (see 36:27-37:5). If so, that storm now broke, and through it the voice of God spoke to Job. Job had repeatedly challenged God to a contest. God now accepts (38:1-3).In his reply, God asks Job questions that he cannot answer, in order to show him how little he knows of the mind and activity of the Almighty. God begins his ironical questioning of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 38:12

the morning. See the Alternation below, verses: Job 38:12-14 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 38:13

the wicked = lawless. All the ancient versions and early printed editions read "the lawless" read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 38:12

WONDERS OF MORNING; THE DAYSPRING; AND ENDS OF THE EARTH"Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began,And caused the dayspring to know its place;That it might take hold of the ends of the earth,And the wicked be shaken out of it?It is changed as clay under the seal;And all things stand forth as a garment:And from the wicked their light is withholden,And the high arm is broken.""That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it" (Job 38:13). These words... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 38:12

12-15. Passing from creation to phenomena in the existing inanimate world. Hast thou—as God daily does. commanded the morning—to rise. since thy days—since thou hast come into being. his place—It varies in its place of rising from day to day, and yet it has its place each day according to fixed laws. read more