Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
to take hold of the earth's skirts so that the wicked might be shaken off from 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?
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?
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
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Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 38:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Interrogates Job
12 "Have you {ever in your life} commanded [the] morning? Have you made the dawn know its place, 13 to take hold of the earth's skirts so that the wicked might be shaken off from it? 14 It is changed like clay [under] a seal, and they appear like a garment.
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Cross References
Job 37:3
He lets it loose under all the heavens, and his lightning to the earth's corners.
Psalm 104:35
Let sinners perish completely from the earth, and [the] wicked {not remain alive}. Bless Yahweh, O my soul. Praise Yah.
Exodus 14:27
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned {at daybreak} to its normal level, and [the] Egyptians [were] fleeing {because of it}, and Yahweh swept [the] Egyptians into the middle of the sea.
Job 24:13-17
"Those are among [the ones] rebelling [against the] light; they do not recognize his ways, and they do not stay in his paths.
Psalm 19:4-6
[Yet] in all [the] world their line goes out, and their words to [the] end of [the] world. In them he has pitched a tent for the sun,
Psalm 104:21-22
The young lions [are] roaring for the prey and seeking their food from God.
Psalm 139:9-12
If I lift up [the] wings of [the] dawn, [and] I alight on [the] far side of [the] sea,