Job 38:19
What does Job 38:19 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 38:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
KJV
King James Version · 1611Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Where <FI>is<Fi> this--the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where <FI>is<Fi> this--its place?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Where is the way where light dwelleth, and where is the place of darkness?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place,
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
- Deuteronomy 4:19
and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.
- Job 38:12
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, And caused the dayspring to know its place;
- Matthew 27:45
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
- Psalms 18:11
He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
- Genesis 1:3
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
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