Job 38:19-29

19 Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?

21 [Doubtless], thou knowest, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great!

22 Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?

24 By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?

25 Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder;

26 To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

27 To satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?

28 Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

29 Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

Job 38:19-29 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 38

In this chapter the Lord takes up the controversy with Job; calls upon him to prepare to engage with him in it, and demands an answer to posing questions he puts to him, concerning the earth and the fabric of it, Job 38:1-7; concerning the sea, compared to an infant in embryo, at its birth, in its swaddling bands and cradle, Job 38:8-11; concerning the morning light, its spread and influence, Job 38:12-15; concerning the springs of the sea, the dark parts of the earth, the place both of light and darkness, Job 38:16-21; concerning the various meteors, snow, hail, rain, thunder, lightning, and the influences of the stars, Job 38:22-38; and concerning provision for lions and ravens, Job 38:40,41.