en_tn_condensed/job/38/12.md

General Information:

Yahweh uses a question to emphasize that he created the light of day and Job did not. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

Connecting Statement:

Yahweh continues to challenge Job.

Have you ... shake the wicked out of it?

This question expects a negative answer. It can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "You have never ... shaken the wicked out of it." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

given orders to the morning

Yahweh describes the morning as being able to receive orders and know things like a person. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)

caused the dawn to know its place

"caused the dawn to know where it belongs"

dawn

the daylight that appears in the morning sky before the sun rises