Key Verse Spotlight
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
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? {thy...: Heb. the pride of thy waves}
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; {and} caused the dayspring to know his place;
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? {ends: Heb. wings}
It is turned as clay {to} the seal; and they stand as a garment.
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
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