Job 38:19

19 »¿De dónde viene la luz
y adónde va la oscuridad?

Job 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.

Job 38:19 In-Context

17 ¿Sabes dónde se encuentran las puertas de la muerte?
¿Has visto las puertas de la absoluta penumbra?

18 ¿Tienes idea de la magnitud de la tierra?
¡Dímelo, si es que lo sabes!

19 »¿De dónde viene la luz
y adónde va la oscuridad?

20 ¿Puedes llevar a cada una a su hogar?
¿Sabes cómo llegar allí?

21 ¡Pero claro que ya conoces todo esto!
¡Pues naciste antes de que todo fuera creado,
y tienes muchísima experiencia!