Job 38:12

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

Cross-reference

Job 38:4 Parallel

In Job 38:4, God asks where Job was when the earth was founded, continuing the challenge about creation — Job 38:12 extends this to the dawn.

Job 38:21 Parallel

In Job 38:21, God sarcastically says Job must know because he was born then, mocking Job's ignorance — a continuation of the challenge in Job 38:12.

Job 38:19 Related theme

In Job 38:19, God continues questioning about light's dwelling — directly expanding on the dawn's origin asked here.

Job 38:24 Related theme

In Job 38:24, God asks about the distribution of light — further probing the same theme of controlling dawn.

Job 38:33 Related theme

In Job 38:33, God asks about the heavens' ordinances — the same cosmic order that includes commanding the dawn.

Job 9:7 Parallel

In Job 9:7, Job acknowledges God commands the sun not to rise — the same power God now questions Job about.

Job 8:9 Parallel

In Job 8:9, Bildad admits humans know nothing because their days are short — a theme God echoes in Job 38:12 by questioning Job's ability to command the dawn.

Job 15:7 Parallel

In Job 15:7, Eliphaz sarcastically asks if Job is the first man, similar to God's challenge in Job 38:12 about commanding the dawn — both question Job's place in creation.

Genesis 1:5 Parallel

In Genesis 1:5, God establishes the morning by separating light from darkness — the very act Job 38:12 questions Job about.

In Psalm 148:3-5, the sun, moon, and stars are called to praise God because he commanded them into existence — the same commanding power in Job 38:12.

Psalm 74:16 Related theme

In Psalm 74:16, the psalmist declares that day and night belong to God, reinforcing the divine sovereignty over the dawn in Job 38:12.

Psalm 136:8 Related theme

In Psalm 136:8, God appoints the sun to rule the day, directly relating to the morning's command in Job 38:12.

In Genesis 1:14, God creates lights to separate day from night — the same divine authority over dawn that Job is asked about.

Amos 5:8 Parallel

Amos 5:8 directly describes God turning deep darkness into morning, paralleling God's command over the dawn in Job.

In Genesis 1:17, God sets the lights to give light on earth — the creative act underlying the dawn's command here.

Psalm 65:8 Parallel

Psalm 65:8 also speaks of morning reaching the ends of the earth, causing awe — echoing God's command over dawn's extent.

Luke 1:78 Allusion

In Luke 1:78, the 'sunrise' (dayspring) is a metaphor for Christ's coming, echoing God's command of the dawn here.

Psalm 104:19 personifies the sun knowing its time, similar to the dawn knowing its place in Job — both show God's control over celestial rhythms.

In 2 Peter 1:19, the 'day dawns' and morning star symbolize Christ's return, paralleling the dawn imagery of God's power here.