Parallel Verses

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?

NET Bible

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

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 commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place, 13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth,
And the wicked be shaken out of it?
14 It is changed like clay under the seal, and its features stand out like a garment.

Cross References

Job 37:3

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

Psalm 104:35

Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more! Bless the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD!

Exodus 14:27

So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal course when the morning appeared. And as the Egyptians fled into it, the LORDthrew the Egyptians into the midst of the sea.

Job 24:13-17

"There are those who rebel against the light, who are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths.

Psalm 19:4-6

Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,

Psalm 104:21-22

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

Psalm 139:9-12

If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

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