Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,Treasures — Dost thou know where I have laid up those vast quantities of snow and hail which I draw forth when I see fit? read more
20. Bound thereof The boundary between light and darkness, (Hirtzel;) or, rather, if we make it parallel with “house,” of the second clause, the primordial, or beginning place. A climax is reached by asking Job if he can escort either light or darkness back to its home. read more
21. Knowest thou it Thou knowest! for then wast thou born, and the number of thy days is great! The keenest irony. Job knows so much, that he must have come into existence at the time when light and darkness were created! read more
γ . He must have penetrated to the storehouses of snow and hail, and entered nature’s laboratory, where, like so many implements of war, they are produced in vast quantities; he must have found his way to the focal centre from which light divides itself and whence the east wind is dispersed over the earth, Job 38:22-24. Click image for full-size version 22. Treasures of the snow אצרות : a word applied frequently to the treasures of the temple, (1 Kings 7:51,) or to those of the royal... read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Job 38:20
That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?Take it — Bring or lead it: and this it refers principally to the light, and to darkness, as the consequent of the other.Bound — Its whole course from the place of its abode whence it is supposed to come, to the end of its journey.Know — Where thou mayst find it, and whence thou mayst fetch it. read more