Job 38:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ That thou shouldest take it to the bounde thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? ”

Job 38:20 - Albert 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...
Job 38:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

That thou (n) shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] the house thereof? (n) That you might appoint its highways and limits.
Job 38:20 - 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 38:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? Shouldest take it to the bound thereof? - Or, as Mr. Good, translates, "That thou shou...
Job 38:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof— Surely thou canst guide us to its border: yea, certainly thou canst shew the roads which lead to its dwelling.
Job 38:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? Dost thou know their place (the place of darkness and light) so well as to be abl...
Job 38:20 - 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 38:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

That thou shouldest take it — i.e., go with or track it.
Job 38:20 - 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 38:20 - 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 38:20 - 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 38:20 - 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 38:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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 c...
Job 38:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] the house thereof? Ver. 20. That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof ] That thou shouldest tak...
Job 38:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

That thou shouldest take it That is, bring , or lead it, namely, principally the light, and secondarily the darkness, as the consequent of it, to the bound thereof? That is, through its whole...
Job 38:20 - 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 38:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Works of God. B. C. 1520. 12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and cau...
Job 38:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That thou shouldest take it, i.e. taking, bring or lead it, as this verb is oft used, as Exodus 25:2 Psalms 68:29 , compared with Ephesians 4:11 1 Kings 3:24 , 1 Kings 17:10 Hosea 14:2...
Job 38:20 - 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 38:20 - 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 38:20 - 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 38:20 - 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 38:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 10:19 ; Genesis 23:17
Job 38:20 - 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 38:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Take it — Bring or lead it: and this it refers principally to the light, and to darkness, as the consequent of the other. Bound — Its whole course from the place of its abode whence it is supposed...

Job 38:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 38:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 38:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 38:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 38:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 38:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 38:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 38:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 38:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 38:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 38:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 38:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 38:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 38:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 38:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 38:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 38:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 38:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 38:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 38:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 38:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 38:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 38:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 38:20 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Job 38:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes