KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 38:19–20
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Job 38:19
19Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
19Where is the way where light dwelleth? And as for darknesse, where is the place thereof?
Job 38:20
20That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
20That thou shouldest take it ‖to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the pathes to the house thereof.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 38:19
Visible brightness; something that gives illumination; not heavy; to kindle, illuminate, or come down upon, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Absence of light; also obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A location, position, room, occasion, office, or passage, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 38:20
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Made fast, tied, confined, or obligated; destined or going toward; as a verb, to set a limit.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Ways, tracks, or courses followed in travel or conduct.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A building or dwelling; the people of a household or family; a lineage or family line; as a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 19
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Open the full verse study8All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God.
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Open the full verse study13For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The Lord, The God of hosts, is his name.
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Open the full verse study19And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
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Open the full verse study14¶ 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:
15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
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Open the full verse study3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
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Open the full verse study7I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
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Open the full verse study12Hast 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?
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Open the full verse study45Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
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Open the full verse study20Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
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Open the full verse study28He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
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Open the full verse study11He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
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Open the full verse study16Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
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Open the full verse study9That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
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Open the full verse study12¶ Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
From verse 20
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Open the full verse study19And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
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Open the full verse study17¶ And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure
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Open the full verse study10He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
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