Job 38:21
19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!
- KJV
- Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
- WEB
- Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!
- ASV
- [Doubtless], thou knowest, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great!
- DARBY
- Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!
- BLB
- You must know [it], for you were born then, and the number of your days [is] great!
- ÅB
- Du vet det vel; dengang ble du jo født, og dine dagers tall er stort.
- OTB
- Du vet det sikkert, for du ble født da,
og dine dager er mange! - B1930
- Du vet det vel; dengang blev du jo født, og dine dagers tall er stort.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 15:7
Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
Read in contextJob 38:4
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Read in contextJob 38:12
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
Read in context