That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
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Gill's Exposition
That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof,.... Either darkness, or rather the light; take it as it were by the hand, and guide and direct its course to its utmost bound. This only the Lord can…
Barnes' Notes
That thou shouldest take it to the bounds thereof - Margin, “or, at.” The sense seems to be this: God asks Job whether he was so well acquainted with the sources of light, and the place where it…
Adam Clarke
Shouldest take it to the bound thereof? - Or, as Mr. Good, translates, "That thou shouldest lay hold of it in its boundary." That thou shouldest go to the very spot where light commences, and where…
The Lord here proceeds to ask Job many puzzling questions, to convince him of his ignorance, and so to shame him for his folly in prescribing to God. If we will but try ourselves with such…
Cambridge Bible
take it to the bound thereof The second clause, the path toits house, suggests that the boundor border of light is not the furthest limit towhich it flows forth, but its own place of abode, the bound…