the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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Job 38:20
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so you can lead it back to its border?Are you familiar with the paths to its home?
That you should take it to the bound of it, That you should discern the paths to the house of it?
That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
that you may take it to its territory and that you may discern the paths to its home?
that you may take them to their borders and perceive the pathways to their homes?
That you may take it to its territory And that you may know the paths to its house?
That you would take it to its territory, And discern the paths to its home?
That you should take it to the bound of it, That you should discern the paths to the house of it?
That thou shouldest receiue it in the boundes thereof, and that thou shouldest knowe the paths to the house thereof?
That you may take it to its territoryAnd that you may discern the paths to its home?
so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?
Can you lead them home?
If you knew, you could take each to its place and set it on its homeward path.
That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house?
Can you take them back to where they belong? Do you know how to get there?
Do you know its borders and the path to its house?
Can you show them how far to go, or send them back again?
that you may take it to its territory, and that you might discern the paths to its home?
that you should take it to its boundary, and that you should perceive the paths to its house?
yt thou mayest bringe vs vnto their quarters, yf thou cast tell the waye to their houses.
That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?
So that you might take it to its limit, guiding it to its house?
That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the pathes to the house thereof.
That thou shouldest receaue it in the boundes thereof, and know the pathes to their houses.
If thou couldest bring me to their utmost boundaries, and if also thou knowest their paths;
That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?
that thou lede ech thing to hise termes, and thou vndurstonde the weies of his hows.
That you should take it to the bound thereof, And that you should discern the paths to the house thereof?
That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] its house?
That you may take it to its territory, That you may know the paths to its home?
Can you take each to its home? Do you know how to get there?
that you may take it to its land, and know the paths to its home?
that you may take it to its territory and that you may discern the paths to its home?
That thou mayest conduct it unto the bound thereof, and that thou mayest perceive the paths to its house.
That thou mayst bring every thing to its own bounds, and understand the paths of the house thereof.
that you may take it to its territory and that you may discern the paths to its home?
That thou dost take it unto its boundary, And that thou dost understand The paths of its house.
That you may take it to its territory And that you may discern the paths to its home?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
it to: or, it at
the bound: Genesis 10:19, Genesis 23:17
Reciprocal: Job 9:7 - sealeth
Cross-References
Then Abimelech called Abraham to him and said, "What have you done to us? What wrong did I do against you? Why did you bring this trouble to my kingdom? You should not have done these things to me.
"‘You must not hate your fellow citizen in your heart. If your neighbor does something wrong, tell him about it, or you will be partly to blame.
And Samson's wife was given to his best man.
Amnon had a friend named Jonadab son of Shimeah, David's brother. Jonadab was a very clever man.
In the past, Pilate and Herod had always been enemies, but on that day they became friends.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof,.... Either darkness, or rather the light; take it as it were by the hand, and guide and direct its course to its utmost bound. This only the Lord can do and does: he has set a tabernacle for the sun, which goes forth at his command as a strong man to run a race; whose going forth is from the end of the heavens, and his circuit unto the ends of it: in which his course is so steered and directed by the Lord, that he never misses his way or errs from it; but keeps his path exactly, as well as knows its rising and setting, its utmost bounds;
and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] the house thereof? from whence it sets out, and whither it returns; see Psalms 19:4. And so the light and darkness of prosperity and adversity, as well as natural light and darkness, are of God, at his disposal, and bounded by him, and therefore his will should be submitted to; which is the doctrine the Lord would teach Job by all this.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
That thou shouldest take it to the bounds thereof - Margin, “or, at.” The sense seems to be this: God asks Job whether he was so well acquainted with the sources of light, and the place where it dwelt, that he could take it under his guidance and reconduct it to its place of abode.
And that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? - The same idea is repeated here. Light has a home; a place of abode. It was far distant - in some region unknown to man. Did Job know the way in which it came, and the place where it dwelt so well, that he could conduct it back again to its own dwelling? Umbreit, Noyes, and Herder, suppose that this is to be understood ironically.
“For thou hast reached its boundaries!
For then knowest the path to its dwelling!”
But it has been commonly regarded as a question, and thus understood it accords better with the connection.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 38:20. Shouldest take it to the bound thereof? — Or, as Mr. Good, translates, "That thou shouldest lay hold of it in its boundary." That thou shouldest go to the very spot where light commences, and where darkness ends; and see the house where each dwells. Here darkness and light are personified, each as a real intelligent being, having a separate existence and local dwelling. But poetry animates everything. It is the region of fictitious existence.
I believe this verse should be translated thus: - "For thou canst take US to its boundary; for thou knowest the paths to its house." This is a strong irony, and there are several others in this Divine speech. Job had valued himself too much on his knowledge; and a chief object of this august speech is to humble his "knowing pride," and to cause him to seek true wisdom and humility where they are to be found.
