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Job 38

Job 38:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Where is the way
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
where light
'owr (Hebrew #216)
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
KJV usage: bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: from 215
dwelleth
shakan (Hebrew #7931)
to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
Pronounce: shaw-kan'
Origin: a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to 7901 through the idea of lodging; compare 5531, 7925)
? and as for darkness
choshek (Hebrew #2822)
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
KJV usage: dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
Pronounce: kho-shek'
Origin: from 2821
, where is the place
maqowm (Hebrew #4725)
also (feminine) mqowmah {mek-o-mah'}; or mqomah {mek-o-mah'}; from 6965; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
KJV usage: country, X home, X open, place, room, space, X whither(-soever).
Pronounce: maw-kome'
Origin: or maqom {maw-kome'}
thereof,

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the way.
Job 38:12‑13• 12Hast thou, from thy days, commanded the mornings,{HR}Made the dawn to know its place,
 13To take hold of the wings of the earth,{HR}That the wicked might be shaken out of it, (Job 38:12‑13)
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Gen. 1:3‑4,14‑18• 3And God said, Light be: and light was.
 4And God saw the light that [it was] good; and God divided between the light and the darkness.
 14And God said, Let there be light-bearers in [the] expanse of the heavens to divide between the day and between the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;
 15and let them be for light-bearers in [the] expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth. And it was so.
 16And God made the two great lights, the greater light for ruling the day, and the lesser light for ruling the night (the stars also).
 17And God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth
 18and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that [it was] good. (Gen. 1:3‑4,14‑18)
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Deut. 4:19• 19and lest thou lift up thine eyes to the heavens, and see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, the whole host of heaven, and be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath assigned unto all peoples under the whole heaven. (Deut. 4:19)
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Isa. 45:7• 7forming the light, and creating darkness; making peace, and creating evil: I Jehovah do all these [things]. (Isa. 45:7)
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John 1:9• 9The true light was that which, coming into the world ., lighteth every man (John 1:9)
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John 8:12• 12Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall in no wise walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (John 8:12)
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Psa. 18:11• 11He maketh darkness his covering,{HR}His tent round about him,{HR}Darkness of waters,{HR}Thick clouds of the skies. (Psa. 18:11)
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Psa. 104:20• 20Thou settest darkness, and it is night,{HR}Wherein every beast of the forest moveth forth. (Psa. 104:20)
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Psa. 105:28• 28He sent darkness and made it dark;{HR}And they rebelled not against his words. (Psa. 105:28)
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Jer. 13:16• 16Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness. (Jer. 13:16)
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Ezek. 32:8• 8All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 32:8)
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Amos 4:13• 13For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, Jehovah, The God of hosts, is his name. (Amos 4:13)
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Matt. 27:45• 45Now from [the] sixth hour there was darkness over the whole land until [the] ninth hour; (Matt. 27:45)
• What is the “home,” or origin of light, or of darkness? Men have been inquiring into “the origin of evil;” what do they know apart from divine revelation? Modern science sees more clearly of late years that the sun is not the origin of light, which exists independently of that, or any other visible source. (“Job 38-42:6” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place,

W. Kelly Translation

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What [is] the way the light dwelleth,{HR}And darkness, where [is] its place,