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Job 38:13

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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

Job 38:13 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 38:13

Theological / Devotional

Shaken out of it. The idea seems to be that the dawn seizes hold of the earth, and shakes the wicked out of it. This vivid figure refers to the fact that the wicked hate light (see ch. 24:16, 17). When sunrise comes, they disappear.

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