Iyov 38:20

20 That thou shouldest take it to its border, and that thou shouldest have da’as of the paths to its bais?

Iyov 38:20 Meaning and Commentary

Job 38:20

That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof
Either darkness, or rather the light; take it as it were by the hand, and guide and direct its course to its utmost bound. This only the Lord can do and does: he has set a tabernacle for the sun, which goes forth at his command as a strong man to run a race; whose going forth is from the end of the heavens, and his circuit unto the ends of it: in which his course is so steered and directed by the Lord, that he never misses his way or errs from it; but keeps his path exactly, as well as knows its rising and setting, its utmost bounds;

and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] the house thereof?
from whence it sets out, and whither it returns; see ( Psalms 19:4-6 ) . And so the light and darkness of prosperity and adversity, as well as natural light and darkness, are of God, at his disposal, and bounded by him, and therefore his will should be submitted to; which is the doctrine the Lord would teach Job by all this.

Iyov 38:20 In-Context

18 Hast thou perceived the expanse of eretz? Tell Me if thou hast da’as of it all.

19 Where is the derech where ohr dwelleth? And as for choshech, where is the place thereof,

20 That thou shouldest take it to its border, and that thou shouldest have da’as of the paths to its bais?

21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? Or because the mispar of thy yamim is so great?

22 Hast thou entered into the otzrot (storehouses) of the snow? Or hast thou seen the otzrot of barad (hail),