Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
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Gill's Exposition
Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born?.... When light and darkness were first separated, and had their several apartments assigned them; their laws and rules given them, and their bounds and…
Barnes' Notes
Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? - This may either be a question, or it may be spoken ironically. According to the former mode of rendering it, it is the same as asking Job whether he had…
Adam Clarke
Knowest thou - This is another strong and biting irony, and the literal translation proves it: "Thou knowest, because thou was then born; and the number of thy days is great," or multitudinous, רבים…
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
The verse is ironical,
Thou knowest; for thou wast then born,
And the number of thy days is great.
The words "thou knowest" refer to the question, Job 38:38, Which is the way …? Job knows the way…