Job 38:33
Do thou know the ordinances of the heavens? Can thou establish the dominion of it on the earth?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
In Context
32Can thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or can thou guide the Bear with her train?
34Can thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
Cross References
Genesis 1:16And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, also the stars.
Job 38:12Have thou commanded the morning since thy days [began], [and] caused the dayspring to know its place
Psalms 148:6He has also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which shall not pass away.
Jeremiah 33:25Thus says LORD: If my covenant of day and night [stand] not, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth,
Matthew Henry on Job 38:26-41
God's Sovereign Dominion and Goodness. ( b. c. 1520.) 25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; 26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; 27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? 28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? 29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? 30 The… Read the whole commentary →