Job 38:19

“Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations

Where is the way where light dwelleth? And as for darknesse, where is the place thereof?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place,
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
- American Standard Version (1901)

Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark;
- Basic English Bible

Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place,
- Darby Bible

Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is its place,
- Webster's Bible

What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,
- World English Bible

Where [is] this -- the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where [is] this -- its place?
- Youngs Literal Bible

Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and as for darkness, where is the place thereof;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Bible commentary

Wesley's Notes for Job 38:19


38:19 Dwelleth - Hath its constant and settled abode. Whether goes the sun when it departs from this hemisphere? Where is the tabernacle and the chamber in which he is supposed to rest? And seeing there was a time when there was nothing but gross darkness upon the face of the earth, what way came light into the world? Which was the place where light dwelt at that time, and whence was it fetched? And whence came that orderly constitution and constant succession of light and darkness? Was this thy work? Or wast thou privy to it, or a counsellor, or assistant in it?


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