Job 38:12
Modern Translations
New International Version
"Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its place,

New Living Translation
“Have you ever commanded the morning to appear and caused the dawn to rise in the east?

English Standard Version
“Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place,

Berean Study Bible
In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,

New American Standard Bible
“Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, And made the dawn know its place,

NASB 1995
"Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, And caused the dawn to know its place,

NASB 1977
“Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, And caused the dawn to know its place;

Amplified Bible
Since your days began, have you ever commanded the morning, And caused the dawn to know its place,

Christian Standard Bible
Have you ever in your life commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Have you ever in your life commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,

Contemporary English Version
Did you ever tell the sun to rise? And did it obey?

Good News Translation
Job, have you ever in all your life commanded a day to dawn?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Have you ever given orders to the morning or assigned a place for the dawn

International Standard Version
"Have you ever commanded the morning at any time during your life? Do you know where the dawn lives,

NET Bible
Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or made the dawn know its place,
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

New King James Version
“Have you commanded the morning since your days began, And caused the dawn to know its place,

King James 2000 Bible
Have you commanded the morning since your days began; and caused the dawn to know its place;

New Heart English Bible
"Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place;

World English Bible
"Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place;

American King James Version
Have you commanded the morning since your days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

American Standard Version
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began , And caused the dayspring to know its place;

A Faithful Version
Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place,

Darby Bible Translation
Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,

English Revised Version
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, and caused the dayspring to know its place;

Webster's Bible Translation
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the day-spring to know its place;

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy dayes? Hast thou caused the morning to knowe his place,

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Hast thou geue the morning his charge since thy dayes, and shewed the day spring his place,

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Hast thou geue the mornynge his charge (as soone as thou wast borne) and shewed the dayespringe his place,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Have you commanded morning since your days? Do you cause the dawn to know its place?

Young's Literal Translation
Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?

Smith's Literal Translation
In thy days didst thou command the morning? and didst thou make the dawning know its place?

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Didst thou since thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning of the day its place?

Catholic Public Domain Version
Did you, after your birth, command the birth of the sun and show the sunrise its place?

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
From your days have you commanded the dawn? Do you know which is the place of early dawn

Lamsa Bible
Have you commanded the dawn since your days began; or do you know the place of the morning;

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, And caused the dayspring to know its place;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Or did I order the morning light in thy time; and did the morning star then first see his appointed place;
















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