Job 38:21
Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
Job 38:21 in other translations
| BSB | Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great! |
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| 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! |
| YLT | Thou hast known--for then thou art born And the number of thy days are many! |
| DARBY | Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great! |
| BBE | No doubt you have knowledge of it, for then you had come to birth, and the number of your days is great. |
| Webster | Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great? |
What does Job 38:21 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 38:19-38
19-38. The marvels in heaven. "What is the way (to the place wherein) light dwelleth?" The origin of light and darkness. In Ge 1:3-5, 14-18, "light" is created distinct from, and previous to, light-emitting bodies, the luminaries of heaven.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 38:12-24
The Lord questions Job, to convince him of his ignorance, and shame him for his folly in prescribing to God. If we thus try ourselves, we shall soon be brought to own that what we know is nothing in comparison with what we know not. By the tender mercy of our God, the Day-spring from on high has visited us, to give light to those that sit in darkness, whose hearts are turned to it as clay to the seal, 2Co 4:6. God's…
Job 38:21 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 38:21
- Job 15:7
Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
- Job 38:4
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
- Job 38:12
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Job 38:20
That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
- Job 38:21
Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
- Job 38:22
Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
Job 38:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Sabíaslo tú porque hubieses ya nacido, ó porque es grande el número de tus días? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Tu le sais, car tu étais né alors, et le nombre de tes jours est grand! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Du weißt es ja; denn damals wurdest du geboren, und die Zahl deiner Tage ist groß! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sciebas tunc quod nasciturus esses, et numerum dierum tuorum noveras? |