Job 38:12
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 38 connects to 10 cross-references. God speaks from the whirlwind in the first divine speech, challenging Job with a series of cosmic questions: Where was Job when God laid the foundation of the earth? Who shut in the sea when it burst from the womb? …
Other Translations
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, And caused the dayspring to know its place;
Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?
Have you, from your earliest days, given orders to the morning, or made the dawn conscious of its place;
Cross References
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the …
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created.