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Job 38:21

What does Job 38:21 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 38:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Doubtless, thou knowest, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great!

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Doubtless, thou knowest, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great!

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

No doubt you have knowledge of it, for then you had come to birth, and the number of your days is great.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Thou hast known--for then thou art born And the number of thy days <FI>are<Fi> many!

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Didst thou know then that thou shouldst be born? and didst thou know the number of thy days?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!

Context

v.20That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?

v.21This passage

v.22Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 38:12

    Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, And caused the dayspring to know its place;

  • Job 15:7

    Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?

  • Job 38:4

    Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

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