Job 38:13

 Job 38:13

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

 a. ASV:  That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it? [Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.]

b. YLT: To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,  [The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.]

c. Classic Amplified: So that [light] may get hold of the corners of the earth and shake the wickedness [of night] out of it? [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]

d. Job, Jewish Publication Society of America Text: That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it? [Soncino Books of the Bible, Job, 1946; Jewish Publication Society of America Text; Commentary, Rabbi Dr. Victor E. Reichert]

e. ESV: That it might take hold of the skirts of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?  [Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001, 2007, 2011, 2016 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.]

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

a. [That it might] take hold [Strong: 270 ʼâchaz, aw-khaz'; a primitive root; to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession):— be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).]

b.  [of the] ends [Strong: 3671 kânâph, kaw-nawf'; from H3670; an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle:— bird, border, corner, end, feather(-ed), × flying, (one an-) other, overspreading, × quarters, skirt, × sort, uttermost part, wing(-ed).]

c. [of the] earth [Strong: 776 ʼerets, eh'-rets; from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land):—× common, country, earth, field, ground, land, × nations, way, + wilderness, world.]

d. [that the] wicked [Strong: 7563 râshâʻ, raw-shaw'; from H7561; morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person:— condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.]

e. [might be] shaken [Strong: 5287 nâʻar, naw-ar'; a primitive root (probably identical with H5286, through the idea of the rustling of mane, which usually accompanies the lion's roar); to tumble about:—shake (off, out, self), overthrow, toss up and down.]

f. out [of it] [Strong: 4480 min, min; or מִנִּי minnîy; or מִנֵּי minnêy; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for H4482; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses:—above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, × neither, × nor, (out) of, over, since, × then, through, × whether, with.]

1). Henry Morris, Biblical Basis for Modern Science; p357: In chapters 38, 39, God asks a series of rhetorical questions concerning different facts of His creation, all indicating a number of fully accurate scientific perspective, and even suggesting a number of scientific facts millennia before their recognition by modern scientists.

2). Job, Jewish Publication Society of America Text: Who ordained the morning? Is Job  responsible for the regular appearance of the dawn? By implication the question also suggests: Is Job as old as the phenomenon of the rising of the sun? Compare the sarcastic point in verse 21.[Soncino Books of the Bible, Job, 1946; Jewish Publication Society of America Text; Commentary, Rabbi Dr. Victor E. Reichert]

a). Job 38:21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

3). Behind the rising and setting sun is the orbits and ordinances of the planets of our solar system that sets not only our mornings and evenings but also our seasons.

a). Genesis 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

b). Jeremiah 31:35, 36 Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name:

31:36 If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the Lord, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

4). Henry Morris, Biblical Basis for Modern Science; p357: In chapters 38, 39, God asks a series of rhetorical questions concerning different facts of His creation, all indicating a number of fully accurate scientific perspective, and even suggesting a number of scientific facts millennia before their recognition by modern scientists.