Job 38:12 · KJV
“Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; {and} caused the dayspring to know his place;”
— Job 38:12
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? {thy...: Heb. the pride of thy waves}
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? {ends: Heb. wings}
Job 38 — Context
And brake up for it my decreed {place}, and set bars and doors, {brake...: or, established my decree upon it}
11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? {thy...: Heb. the pride of thy waves}
12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; {and} caused the dayspring to know his place;
13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? {ends: Heb. wings}
14It is turned as clay {to} the seal; and they stand as a garment.
Cross References
Psalms 74:16
The day {is} thine, the night also {is} thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Psalms 148:3-5
Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
Genesis 1:5
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. {And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.}
Job 8:9
(For we {are but of} yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth {are} a shadow:) {nothing: Heb. not}
Luke 1:78
Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, {tender...: or, bowels of the mercy} {dayspring: or, sunrising, or, branch}
2 Peter 1:19
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
Psalms 136:7-8
To him that made great lights: for his mercy {endureth} for ever:
Job 15:7
{Art} thou the first man {that} was born? or wast thou made before the hills?