Job 38:13
New International Version
that it might take the earth by the edges and shake the wicked out of it?

New Living Translation
Have you made daylight spread to the ends of the earth, to bring an end to the night’s wickedness?

English Standard Version
that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?

Berean Standard Bible
that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?

King James Bible
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

New King James Version
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?

New American Standard Bible
So that it would take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked would be shaken off from it?

NASB 1995
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?

NASB 1977
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?

Legacy Standard Bible
That it might seize the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?

Amplified Bible
So that light may take hold of the corners of the earth And shake the wickedness out of it?

Christian Standard Bible
so it may seize the edges of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
so it may seize the edges of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?

American Standard Version
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
To seize on the outer coverings of Earth, and the wicked shall be thrown out of it?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
to lay hold of the extremities of the earth, to cast out the ungodly out of it?

Contemporary English Version
Did it take hold of the earth and shake out the wicked like dust from a rug?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And didst thou hold the extremities of the earth shaking them, and hast thou shaken the ungodly out of it?

English Revised Version
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
so that it could grab the earth by its edges and shake wicked people out of it?

Good News Translation
Have you ordered the dawn to seize the earth and shake the wicked from their hiding places?

International Standard Version
where it seizes the edge of the earth and shakes the wicked out of it?

JPS Tanakh 1917
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?

Literal Standard Version
To take hold on the skirts of the earth, | And the wicked are shaken out of it,

Majority Standard Bible
that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?

New American Bible
For taking hold of the ends of the earth, till the wicked are shaken from it?

NET Bible
that it might seize the corners of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?

New Revised Standard Version
so that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?

New Heart English Bible
that it might take hold of the farthest parts of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?

Webster's Bible Translation
That it might take hold of the ends of earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

World English Bible
that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?

Young's Literal Translation
To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,

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Context
God Challenges Job
12In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place, 13that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it? 14The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.…

Cross References
Job 28:24
For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.

Job 34:25
Therefore, He recognizes their deeds; He overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.

Job 34:26
He strikes them for their wickedness in full view,

Job 36:6
He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.

Job 37:3
He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.

Job 38:12
In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,

Job 38:14
The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.


Treasury of Scripture

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

take

Psalm 19:4-6
Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, …

Psalm 139:9-12
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; …

ends.

Job 37:3
He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.

the wicked

Job 24:13-17
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof…

Exodus 14:27
And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

Psalm 104:21,22,35
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God…

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Job 38
1. God challenges Job to answer
4. God, by his mighty works, convinces Job of ignorance
31. and weakness














(13) Shaken out of it.--The figure is that of a man shaking a cloth (Job 24:15-17).

Verse 13. - That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? The idea seems to he that the dawn, suddenly appearing, seizes hold of all the ends of the earth "at one rush" (Canon Cook), and lights up the whole terrestrial region. The wicked, lovers of darkness, are taken by surprise, and receive a shock from which they recover with difficulty (comp. Job 24:16, 17). That they are "shaken from the earth" must be regarded as Oriental hyperbole.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
that it might spread
לֶ֭אֱחֹז (le·’ĕ·ḥōz)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 270: To grasp, take hold, take possession

to the ends
בְּכַנְפ֣וֹת (bə·ḵan·p̄ō·wṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle

of the earth
הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

and shake
וְיִנָּעֲר֖וּ (wə·yin·nā·‘ă·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5287: To shake, shake out or off

the wicked
רְשָׁעִ֣‪‬ים (rə·šā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

out of it?
מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ (mim·men·nāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of


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