Job 38:12
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Didst thou since thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning of the day its place?

commanded

Genesis 1:5 And he called the light Day, and the darkness Night; and there was evening and morning one day.

Psalm 74:16 Thine is the day, and thine is the night: thou hast made the morning light and the sun.

Psalm 136:7,8 Who made the great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever. . . .

Psalm 148:3-5 Praise ye him, O sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars and light. . . .

since

Job 38:4,21 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? tell me if thou hast understanding. . . .

Job 8:9 (For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant that our days upon earth are but a shadow)

Job 15:7 Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills?

the dayspring

Luke 1:78 Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, in which the Orient from on high hath visited us:

2 Peter 1:19 And we have the more firm prophetical word: whereunto you do well to attend, as to a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn and the day star arise in your hearts.

Context
God Challenges Job
11And I said: Hitherto thou shalt come, and shalt go no further, and here thou shalt break thy swelling waves. 12Didst thou since thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning of the day its place?13And didst thou hold the extremities of the earth shaking them, and hast thou shaken the ungodly out of it?…
Cross References
Job 38:11
And I said: Hitherto thou shalt come, and shalt go no further, and here thou shalt break thy swelling waves.

Job 38:13
And didst thou hold the extremities of the earth shaking them, and hast thou shaken the ungodly out of it?

Amos 5:8
Seek him that maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and that turneth darkness into morning, and that changeth day into night: that calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.

Lexicon
In your days,
הְֽ֭מִיָּמֶיךָ‪‬ (hə·mî·yā·me·ḵā)
Article, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

have you commanded
צִוִּ֣יתָ (ṣiw·wî·ṯā)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order

the morning
בֹּ֑קֶר (bō·qer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1242: Dawn, morning

or assigned
יִדַּ֖עְתָּה‪‬ (yid·da‘·tā)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

the dawn
הַשַּׁ֣חַר (haš·ša·ḥar)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7837: Dawn

its place,
מְקֹמֽוֹ׃ (mə·qō·mōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition


Additional Translations
In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,Have you commanded the morning since your days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began , And caused the dayspring to know its place;

Or did I order the morning light in thy time; and did the morning star then first see his appointed place;

Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, and caused the dayspring to know its place;

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the day-spring to know its place;

"Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place;

Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?
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