Key Verse Spotlight
Job 38:18 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.”
Job 38:18
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
Where {is} the way {where} light dwelleth? and {as for} darkness, where {is} the place thereof,
That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths {to} the house thereof? {to the bound: or, at, etc}
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