Parallel Verses

NET Bible

that it might seize the corners of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?

New American Standard Bible

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth,
And the wicked be shaken out of it?

King James Version

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

Holman Bible

so it may seize the edges of the earth
and shake the wicked out of it?

International Standard Version

where it seizes the edge of the earth and shakes the wicked out of it?

A Conservative Version

that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?

American Standard Version

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?

Amplified


So that light may take hold of the corners of the earth
And shake the wickedness out of it?

Bible in Basic English

So that it might take a grip of the skirts of the earth, shaking all the evil-doers out of it?

Darby Translation

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it?

Julia Smith Translation

To take hold upon the wings of the earth, and the unjust shall be shaken out of it?

King James 2000

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

Lexham Expanded Bible

to take hold of the earth's skirts so that the wicked might be shaken off from it?

Modern King James verseion

that it might take hold of the ends of the earth; that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

that it might take hold of the corners of the earth, and that the ungodly might be shaken out?

New Heart English Bible

that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?

The Emphasized Bible

That it might lay hold of the wings of the earth, and the lawless be shaken out of it?

Webster

That it might take hold of the ends of earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

World English Bible

that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?

Youngs Literal Translation

To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אחז 
'achaz 
Usage: 66

of the ends
כּנף 
Kanaph 
Usage: 109

of the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

that the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

נער 
Na`ar 
Usage: 10

References

Fausets

Context Readings

Yahweh Interrogates Job

12 Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or made the dawn know its place, 13 that it might seize the corners of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it? 14 The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its features are dyed like a garment.


Cross References

Job 37:3

Under the whole heaven he lets it go, even his lightning to the far corners of the earth.

Psalm 104:35

May sinners disappear from the earth, and the wicked vanish! Praise the Lord, O my soul! Praise the Lord!

Exodus 14:27

So Moses extended his hand toward the sea, and the sea returned to its normal state when the sun began to rise. Now the Egyptians were fleeing before it, but the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.

Job 24:13-17

There are those who rebel against the light; they do not know its ways and they do not stay on its paths.

Psalm 19:4-6

Yet its voice echoes throughout the earth; its words carry to the distant horizon. In the sky he has pitched a tent for the sun.

Psalm 104:21-22

The lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God.

Psalm 139:9-12

If I were to fly away on the wings of the dawn, and settle down on the other side of the sea,

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