Hiob 38:19

19 Welches ist der Weg, da das Licht wohnt, und welches ist der Finsternis Stätte,

Hiob 38:19 Meaning and Commentary

Job 38:19

Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth?
&c.] Or the way to the place where it dwells, and what that is;

and [as for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof?
where these were placed when they were first separated at the creation? where light goes and dwells, when it departs from us at sun setting? and where the darkness betakes itself, and makes its abode at sun rising? What is the chamber of the sun, and the tabernacle of it? from whence it sets out, and whither it returns? And though these questions may be answered by geographers and astronomers in their way; yet they seem to respect chiefly the disposal of light and darkness, in such a manner as to cause the revolution of them, and the inequality of days and nights in different seasons and climates; and which is not in the power of men to effect, but depends on the sovereign will of God.

Hiob 38:19 In-Context

17 Haben sich dir des Todes Tore je aufgetan, oder hast du gesehen die Tore der Finsternis?
18 Hast du vernommen wie breit die Erde sei? Sage an, weißt du solches alles!
19 Welches ist der Weg, da das Licht wohnt, und welches ist der Finsternis Stätte,
20 daß du mögest ergründen seine Grenze und merken den Pfad zu seinem Hause?
21 Du weißt es ja; denn zu der Zeit wurdest du geboren, und deiner Tage sind viel.
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