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Job 38:12

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38:12Have you ever in your life23 commanded the morning,

or made the dawn know24 its place,

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Footnotes

  1. 23 The Hebrew idiom is “have you from your days?” It means “never in your life” (see 1 Sam 25:28; 1 Kgs 1:6).
  2. 24 The verb is the Piel of יָדַע (yada’, “to know”) with a double accusative.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Have you commanded the morning since your days began,

and caused the dawn to know its place,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Have you ever given orders to the morning,

or shown the dawn its place,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Have you ever in your life commanded the morning

or assigned the dawn its place,

NLTNew Living Translation

“Have you ever commanded the morning to appear

and caused the dawn to rise in the east?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Have you ever in your life commanded the morning?

Have you made the dawn know its place,

KJV 1900King James Version

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days;

And caused the dayspring to know his place;