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Job 38:12

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

KJV

Numquid post ortum tuum præcepisti diluculo, et ostendisti auroræ locum suum ?

Vulgate

ἢ ἐπὶ σοῦ συντέταχα φέγγος πρωινόν, ἑωσφόρος δὲ ἴδεν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ τάξιν,

LXX

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, And caused the dayspring to know its place;

ASV

הְֽ֭/מִ/יָּמֶי/ךָ צִוִּ֣יתָ בֹּ֑קֶר ידעתה שחר יִדַּ֖עְתָּה הַ/שַּׁ֣חַר מְקֹמֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֹּ֔קֶר
bqr
noun · 214×
וֹ
v
noun · 398×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
צִוָּ֥ה
tsvh
verb · 489×
שָּֽׁחַר
shchr
noun · 25×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Pet 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:
  • Amos 5:8 — Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon
  • Gen 1:5 — And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
  • Gen 1:14 — And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
  • Job 8:9 — (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
  • Job 15:7 — Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
  • Job 25:3 — Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
  • Job 38:19 — Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
  • Job 38:21 — Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
  • Job 38:24 — By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
  • Job 38:33 — Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
  • Luke 1:78 — Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
  • Ps 65:8 — They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
  • Ps 74:16 — The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
  • Ps 104:19 — He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
  • Ps 136:7 — To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
  • Ps 148:3 — Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.