Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
To take hold upon the wings of the earth, and the unjust shall be shaken out of it?
New American Standard Bible
And
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
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?
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,
Themes
Interlinear
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 38:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Interrogates Job
12 In thy days didst thou command the morning? and didst thou make the dawning know its place? 13 To take hold upon the wings of the earth, and the unjust shall be shaken out of it? 14 It shall be turned as clay to the seal; and they shall stand as clothing.
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Cross References
Job 37:3
He will let it go free under all the heavens, and his light upon the wings of the earth.
Psalm 104:35
Sinners shall be finished from the earth, and the unjust no more. Praise Jehovah, O my soul
Exodus 14:27
And Moses will stretch forth his hand over the sea, and the sea will turn back before the morning to its perpetuity. And the Egyptians fled at meeting it, and Jehovah will shake off Egypt in the midst of the sea.
Job 24:13-17
They were among the rebels of light; they knew not his ways, and they dwelt not in his beaten paths.
Psalm 19:4-6
Their line went forth into all the earth, and their words into the ends of the habitable globe. In them he set a tent for the sun.
Psalm 104:21-22
The young lions roaring for prey, and to seek from God their food.
Psalm 139:9-12
Shall I lift up the wings of the dawn? shall I dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea?