JOB 38:19 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ποίᾳ δὲ γῇ αὐλίζεται τὸ φῶς; σκότους δὲ ποῖος ὁ τόπος;
(Poia de gaʸ aulizetai to fōs; skotous de poios ho topos; )

BrTr And in what kind of a land does the light dwell? and of what kind is the place of darkness?

ULT Where is this, the way to where light dwells,
⇔ and darkness, where is this, its place,

UST Do you know how to get to the place where light comes from?
⇔ Do you know where darkness comes from?

BSB ⇔ Where is the way to the home of light?
⇔ Do you know where darkness resides,

OEB Which way leads to the home of the light?
⇔ And where is the place of the darkness?

WEBBE ⇔ “What is the way to the dwelling of light?
⇔ As for darkness, where is its place,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “In what direction does light reside,
⇔ and darkness, where is its place,

LSV Where [is] this—the way light dwells? And darkness, where [is] this—its place?

FBV In which direction does light live? Where does darkness dwell?

T4T ⇔ “Where is the road to the place where light comes from?
⇔ And can you tell me where darkness lives?

LEB • [fn] is the way where the light dwells? And where then[fn] is its place,

38:1 Or “Where exactly”

38:1 Or “where exactly”

BBE Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark;

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JPS Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and as for darkness, where is the place thereof;

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

DRA Where is the way where light dwelleth, and where is the place of darkness:

YLT Where [is] this — the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where [is] this — its place?

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

RV Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and as for darkness, where is the place thereof;

Wbstr Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is its place,

KJB-1769 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
(Where is the way where light dwells? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof, )

KJB-1611 Where is the way where light dwelleth? And as for darknesse, where is the place thereof?
(Where is the way where light dwells? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof?)

Bshps Then shewe me the way where light dwelleth, & where is the place of darkenesse?
(Then show me the way where light dwells, and where is the place of darkness?)

Gnva Where is the way where light dwelleth? and where is the place of darkenesse,
(Where is the way where light dwells? and where is the place of darkness, )

Cvdl the shewe me where light dwelleth, and where darcknes is:
(the show me where light dwells, and where darkness is:)

Wyc in what weie the liyt dwellith, and which is the place of derknesse;
(in what way the light dwells, and which is the place of derknesse;)

Luth Welches ist der Weg, da das Licht wohnet, und welches sei der Finsternis Stätte,
(Welches is the/of_the Weg, there the light lives, and which be the/of_the darkness Stätte,)

ClVg in qua via lux habitet, et tenebrarum quis locus sit:
(in which road light habitet, and tenebrarum who/any locus let_it_be: )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אֵי־זֶ֣ה הַ֭⁠דֶּרֶךְ יִשְׁכָּן־א֑וֹר

where? this the,way dwelling light

As a note to 9:9 explains, people in this culture believed that natural forces were kept in chambers or storerooms. Elihu said in 37:9 that the storm was coming from its “chamber.” Yahweh asks Job in verse 22 of this chapter whether he has seen the “storehouses” of the snow and hail. Here Yahweh is asking similarly whether Job knows how to get to the place where light dwells, that is, the place where he keeps light in order to have it available for use within creation. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could translate this with an equivalent expression that uses terms that reflect your own culture’s understanding of creation. Alternate translation: “Do you know where the light of day goes when it is night”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

וְ֝⁠חֹ֗שֶׁךְ אֵי־זֶ֥ה מְקֹמֽ⁠וֹ

and=darkness where? this place,its

This question means something similar to the question in the first part of the verse. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could translate it similarly. Alternate translation: “and do you know where the darkness of night goes during the day”

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