Job 38:13
Strong's Lexicon
that it might spread
לֶ֭אֱחֹז (le·’ĕ·ḥōz)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 270: 1) grasp, take hold, seize, take possession 1a) (Qal) to grasp, take hold of 1b) (Niphal) to be caught, grasped, be settled 1c) (Piel) to enclose, overlay 1d) (Hophal) fastened

to the ends
בְּכַנְפ֣וֹת (bə·ḵan·p̄ō·wṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3671: 1) wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt 1a) wing 1b) extremity 1b1) skirt, corner (of garment)

of the earth
הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: 1) land, earth 1a) earth 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) 1a3) earth (inhabitants) 1b) land 1b1) country, territory 1b2) district, region 1b3) tribal territory 1b4) piece of ground 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel 1b6) inhabitants of land 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world 1b8) city (-state) 1c) ground, surface of the earth 1c1) ground 1c2) soil 1d) (in phrases) 1d1) people of the land 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) 1d3) level or plain country 1d4) land of the living 1d5) end(s) of the earth 1e) (almost wholly late in usage) 1e1) lands, countries 1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan

and shake
וְיִנָּעֲר֖וּ (wə·yin·nā·‘ă·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5287: 1) to shake, shake out or off 1a) (Qal) to shake out, show emptiness 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be shaken 1b2) to shake oneself 1c) (Piel) to shake off or out 1d) (Hithpael) to shake oneself

the wicked
רְשָׁעִ֣‪‬ים (rə·šā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7563: 1) wicked, criminal 1a) guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst) 1b) wicked (hostile to God) 1c) wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man)

out of it ?
מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ (mim·men·nāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4480: prep 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than 1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of 1b) out of 1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling) 1b2) (of material from which something is made) 1b3) (of source or origin) 1c) out of, some of, from (partitively) 1d) from, since, after (of time) 1e) than, more than (in comparison) 1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or 1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) 1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) conj 2) that

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?

Young's Literal Translation
To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
so it may seize the edges of the  earth and shake the wicked out of  it?

New American Standard Bible
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?

King James Bible
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
Parallel Verses
New International Version
that it might take the earth by the edges and shake the wicked out of it?

New Living Translation
Have you made daylight spread to the ends of the earth, to bring an end to the night's wickedness?

English Standard Version
that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?

New American Standard Bible
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?

King James Bible
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
so it may seize the edges of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?

International Standard Version
where it seizes the edge of the earth and shakes the wicked out of it?

NET Bible
that it might seize the corners of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?

American Standard Version
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?

English Revised Version
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?

Young's Literal Translation
To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,
















Cross References
Job 28:24
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;

Job 34:25
Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

Job 34:26
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

Job 36:6
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

Job 37:3
He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.

Job 38:12
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

Job 38:14
It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 38:11
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

Job 38:10
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

Job 38:15
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
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