Job 38:12-14

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Job 38:12-14 New Living Translation (NLT)

¹²“Have you ever commanded the morning to appear
    and caused the dawn to rise in the east?
¹³Have you made daylight spread to the ends of the earth,
    to bring an end to the night’s wickedness?
¹⁴As the light approaches,
    the earth takes shape like clay pressed beneath a seal;
    it is robed in brilliant colors.^[a]

Footnotes:

38:14 Or its features stand out like folds in a robe.

New Living Translation (NLT)

Job 38:12-14 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)

¹²“Have you ever in your life called up the dawn
and made the morning know its place,
¹³so that it could take hold of the edges of the earth
and shake the wicked out of it?
¹⁴Then the earth is changed like clay under a seal,
until its colors are fixed like those of a garment.

Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)

Job 38:12-14 Amplified Bible (AMP)

God’s Mighty Power

¹²
“Since your days began, have you ever commanded the morning,
And caused the dawn to know its place,
¹³
So that light may take hold of the corners of the earth
And shake the wickedness out of it?
¹⁴
“The earth is changed like clay into which a seal is pressed;
And the things [of the earth] stand out like a [multi-colored] garment.

Amplified Bible (AMP)

Job 38:12-14 New International Version (NIV)

¹²“Have you ever given orders to the morning,
    or shown the dawn its place,
¹³that it might take the earth by the edges
    and shake the wicked out of it?
¹⁴The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;
    its features stand out like those of a garment.

New International Version (NIV)

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