Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Have you ever in your life commanded the morning,
And caused the dawn to know its place,

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Have you ever in your life commanded the morning
or assigned the dawn its place,

International Standard Version

"Have you ever commanded the morning at any time during your life? Do you know where the dawn lives,

A Conservative Version

Have thou commanded the morning since thy days [began], [and] caused the dayspring to know its place

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“Since your days began, have you ever commanded the morning,
And caused the dawn to know its place,

Bible in Basic English

Have you, from your earliest days, given orders to the morning, or made the dawn conscious of its place;

Darby Translation

Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,

Julia Smith Translation

In thy days didst thou command the morning? and didst thou make the dawning know its place?

King James 2000

Have you commanded the morning since your days began; and caused the dawn to know its place;

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Have you {ever in your life} commanded [the] morning? Have you made the dawn know its place,

Modern King James verseion

Have you commanded the morning from your days, and caused the dawn to know its place,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"Hast thou given the morning his charge, as soon as thou wast born, and showed the day spring his place,

NET Bible

Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or made the dawn know its place,

New Heart English Bible

"Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place;

The Emphasized Bible

Since thy days began hast thou commanded the morning? or caused the dawn to know its place;

Webster

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the day-spring to know its place;

World English Bible

"Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place;

Youngs Literal Translation

Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
צוה 
Tsavah 
Usage: 494

the morning
בּקר 
Boqer 
Usage: 214

יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

and caused the dayspring
שׁחר 
Shachar 
Usage: 24

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

Yahweh Interrogates Job

11 and said, Thou shalt come unto here, but no further; and there shall the pride of thy waves be stayed. 12 “Have you ever in your life commanded the morning,
And caused the dawn to know its place,
13 that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?


Cross References

Psalm 74:16

The day is thine, the night also is thine; thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

Genesis 1:5

And God called the light Day and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Job 8:9

for we are but of yesterday and know nothing because our days upon earth are as a shadow.

Job 15:7

Wast thou born before Adam? Or wast thou formed before the hills?

Job 38:4

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Cause me to know, if thou hast understanding.

Job 38:21

If thou didst know when thou wast to be born or if the number of thy days was to be great?

Psalm 136:7-8

To him that made the great lights: for his mercy endures for ever:

Psalm 148:3-5

Praise ye him, sun and moon; praise him, all ye stars of light.

Luke 1:78

through the bowels of mercy of our God, whereby the dayspring from on high has visited us

2 Peter 1:19

We have also the most sure word of the prophets, unto which ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts,

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