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 are, in part, ambiguous. Pope's rendition here seems to give a hint that there is a reference to the Deluge. "Did you ever ... snatch off the Earth's skirts, shaking the wicked out of it?"[7]