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Verse         Translation Text
Job 38:19 Strong Concordance Where is the way [01870] where light [0216] dwelleth [07931]? and as for darkness [02822], where is the place [04725] thereof,
  King James Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
The marvels in heaven. "What is the way (to the place wherein) light dwelleth?" The origin of light and darkness. In Gen 1:3-5, Gen 1:14-18, "light" is created distinct from, and previous to, light-emitting bodies, the luminaries of heaven.
 
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14 And God [0430] said [0559], Let there be lights [03974] in the firmament [07549] of the heaven [08064] to divide [0914] the day [03117] from the night [03915]; and let them be for signs [0226], and for seasons [04150], and for days [03117], and years [08141]:
15 And let them be for lights [03974] in the firmament [07549] of the heaven [08064] to give light [0215] upon the earth [0776]: and it was so.
16 And God [0430] made [06213] two [08147] great [01419] lights [03974]; the greater [01419] light [03974] to rule [04475] the day [03117], and the lesser [06996] light [03974] to rule [04475] the night [03915]: he made the stars [03556] also.
17 And God [0430] set [05414] them in the firmament [07549] of the heaven [08064] to give light [0215] upon the earth [0776],
18 And to rule [04910] over the day [03117] and over the night [03915], and to divide [0914] the light [0216] from the darkness [02822]: and God [0430] saw [07200] that it was good [02896].
3 And God [0430] said [0559], Let there be [01961] light [0216]: and there was light [0216].
4 And God [0430] saw [07200] [0853] the light [0216], that [03588] it was good [02896]: and God [0430] divided [0914] [0996] the light [0216] from [0996] the darkness [02822].
5 And God [0430] called [07121] the light [0216] Day [03117], and the darkness [02822] he called [07121] Night [03915]. And the evening [06153] and the morning [01242] were the first [0259] day [03117].