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Job 38:21 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great! "

Job 38:21

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19 “What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,

20 that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?

21 Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!

22 Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,

23 which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

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