Holy Scripture

Job 38:19

A church father on this verse
“"Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and where is the place of darkness?" He says what he had said before but more clearly, that is, that the course of human life is regulated by the alternation of times, so that at one time people dedicate themselves to work; in another time, the vigor of the body, which exhau…”
Julian of Eclanum, 5th c. — EXPOSITION ON THE BOOK OF JOB 38:18-21

Source: Septuagint

Original

19And in what kind of a land does the light dwell? And of what kind is the place of darkness?

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In context

17And do the gates of death open to thee for fear; And did the porters of hell quake when they saw thee?

18And hast thou been instructed in the breadth of the whole earth under heaven? Tell me now, what is the extent of it?

— Job 38:19 —

20If thou couldest bring me to their utmost boundaries, And if also thou knowest their paths;

21I know then that thou wert born at that time, And the number of thy years is great.

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