Ayub 38:12

38:12 Have you ever in your life ¹  commanded the morning,

or made the dawn know ²  its place,

Yehezkiel 42:16

42:16 He measured the east side with the measuring stick ³  as 875 feet ⁴  by the measuring stick.

[38:12]  ¹ tn The Hebrew idiom is “have you from your days?” It means “never in your life” (see 1 Sam 25:28; 1 Kgs 1:6).

[38:12]  ² tn The verb is the Piel of יָדַע (yada’, “to know”) with a double accusative.

[42:16]  ³ tn Heb “reed” (also in the following verses).

[42:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “five hundred cubits” (i.e., 262.5 meters).