Job 38:19

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Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.	Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof,	That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] the house thereof?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Where is the way^H1870 where light^H216 dwelleth^H7931? and as for darkness^H2822, where is the place^H4725 thereof,

Original Hebrew

אֵי־זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ יִשְׁכָּן־אֹור וְחֹשֶׁךְ אֵי־זֶה מְקֹמֹו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אֵי	'ei-	H335	HTi	where?
זֶ֣ה	zeh	H2088	HPdxms	this
הַ֭/דֶּרֶךְ	Ha./de.rekh	H1870	HTd/Ncbsa	(is) the/ way
יִשְׁכָּן	yish.kon-	H7931	HVqi3ms	(where) it dwells
א֑וֹר	'or	H216	HNcbsa	light
וְ֝/חֹ֗שֶׁךְ	ve./Cho.shekh	H2822	HC/Ncmsa	and/ darkness
אֵי	'ei-	H335	HTi	where?
זֶ֥ה	zeh	H2088	HPdxms	this
מְקֹמֽ/וֹ	me.ko.M/o	H4725	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	(is) place/ its

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H216 — אוֹר (ʼôwr, ore): from אוֹר; illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.); bright, clear, [phrase] day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
H1870 — דֶּרֶךְ (derek, deh'-rek): from דָּרַךְ; a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb; along, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).
H2822 — חֹשֶׁךְ (chôshek, kho-shek'): from חָשַׁךְ; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness; dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
H4725 — מָקוֹם (mâqôwm, maw-kome'): or מָקֹם; also (feminine) מְקוֹמָה; or מְקֹמָה; from קוּם; 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); country, [idiom] home, [idiom] open, place, room, space, [idiom] whither(-soever).
H7931 — שָׁכַן (shâkan, shaw-kan'): a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to שָׁכַב through the idea of lodging; compare סִכְלוּת, שָׁכַם); to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively); abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H335 — אַי (ʼay, ah'ee): perhaps from אַיִן; where? hence how?; how, what, whence, where, whether, which (way).
H2088 — זֶה (zeh, zeh): a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that; he, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus, very, which. Compare זֹאת, זֹה, זוֹ, זוּ.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

darkness — Psalms 18:11, Psalms 104:20, Psalms 105:28, Jeremiah 13:16, Ezekiel 32:8, Amos 4:13, Matthew 27:45
the way — Genesis 1:3-4, Genesis 1:14-18, Deuteronomy 4:19, Job 38:12-13, Isaiah 45:7, John 1:9, John 8:12

Reciprocal references (2): Job 9:7, Job 28:7

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