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Job 38:13 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? {ends: Heb. wings}”

Job 38:13

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Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:

11

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? {thy...: Heb. the pride of thy waves}

12

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; {and} caused the dayspring to know his place;

13

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? {ends: Heb. wings}

14

It is turned as clay {to} the seal; and they stand as a garment.

15

And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

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