Job 38:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Job 38:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Where is the way where light dwelleth? - Or, rather, where is the way or path to the place where light dwells? Light is conceived of as coming from a great distance, and as having a place which m...
Job 38:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Wonders of the Inanimate Creation. Where was Job when the earth was made? The work of creation is described as the building of a house. In Job 38:7 the stars, which are older than the world (...
Job 38:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

way. Supply Ellipsis: "Where is the way [to the place where] light", &c.
Job 38:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof, Where light dwelleth - What is the source of light? Yea, what is light itself? It is not in the sun, fo...
Job 38:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof, 'What is the way (to the place wherein) light dwelleth?' The origin of light and darkness. In Genesis 1:...
Job 38:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The First Speech of the Almighty ( Job 38:39 ) The marvels of creation, which witness to the infinite wisdom, power, and watchful care of the Creator, are presented to Job in such a way as to forc...
Job 38:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XXVII. "MUSIC IN THE BOUNDS OF LAW" Job 38:1-41 OVER the shadowed life of Job, and the world shadowed for him by his own intellectual and moral gloom, a storm sweeps, and from the storm issues...
Job 38:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

What Man Cannot Do Job 38:19-41 In this chapter a number of nature-pictures pass before us. These include the creation of the earth, Job 38:4-7 ; the sea, Job 38:8-11 ; light, Job 38:12-15 ;...
Job 38:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here begins the third movement in the great drama, that which deals with the controversy between Jehovah and Job. Out of the midst of the whirlwind the divine voice speaks. Its first word is a challe...
Job 38:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(4) В¶ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. (5) Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?...
Job 38:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth ?.... Or the way to the place where it dwells, and what that is; and [as for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof ? where these were placed when they w...
Job 38:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof, Ver. 19. Where is the way where light dwelleth? ] These are poetic terms likewise; which signify, or...
Job 38:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Where is the way Or, rather, the place , as the next clause explains it; and, as the Hebrew דרךְ, derech , will bear, where light dwelleth That is, hath its constant and settled abode. Whither...
Job 38:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Marvellously, God Himself directly intervenes in this discussion so early in the history of man. The storm that had been brewing as Elihu spoke becomes a whirlwind, and God spoke to Job out of the wh...
Job 38:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Works of God. B. C. 1520. 12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and cau...
Job 38:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The way; or rather, the place , as the next clause explains it, and the Hebrew phrase will bear. Where light dwelleth, i.e. hath its constant and settled abode; for in the place where Job lived,...
Job 38:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

JEHOVAH’S ADDRESS TO JOB Elihu had now said all he intended. Possibly interrupted by the storm which had been gathering during his speech. Out of the storm-cloud, from which already issued thund...
Job 38:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 38:1 . The whirlwind. Clouds and flames are the chariots of the Lord, in deigning to speak with men. When he spake to Elijah in Horeb, it was with wind, and fire, and earthquake. Likewise in...
Job 38:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

CLOSE OF THE CONTROVERSY BY THE INTERFERENCE OF THE ALMIGHTY . EXPOSITION The discourse, by which the Almighty answers Job and rebukes his "friends," occupies four chapters (...
Job 38:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's Majesty in the Forces of NatuRev. 16. Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea, the great fountains of the deep, Genesis 7, 11? Or hast thou walked in the search of the depth, to exam...
Job 38:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 4:13 ; Deuteronomy 4:19 ; Ezekiel 32:8 ; Genesis 1:14-18 ; Genesis 1:3 ; Genesis 1:4 ; Isaiah 45:7 ; Jeremiah 13:16 ; Job 38:12 ; Job 38:13 ; John 1:9 ; John 8:12 ; Matthew 27:45 ;...
Job 38:19 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

God Speaks to Job Job 38:1-41 to Job 42:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS God's words to Job do not carry much by way of the explanation of redemption. Job was a child of God, and well-instructed...
Job 38:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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...

Job 38:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 38:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 38:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Job 38:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 38:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 38:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 38:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 38:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 38:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 38:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 38:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 38:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 38:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 38:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 38:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 38:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 38:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 38:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 38:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 38:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 38:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 38:19 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Job 38:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes