Job 38:33

Do you know the order of heaven, and can you explain its rules here on the earth?

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In The King James Version

Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

In Context

32Can you bring forth the morning star, in its time, and make the evening star rise over the sons of the earth?

34Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, so that an onslaught of waters will cover you?

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Cross References

Genesis 1:16And God made two great lights: a greater light, to rule over the day, and a lesser light, to rule over the night, along with the stars.

Job 38:12Did you, after your birth, command the birth of the sun and show the sunrise its place?

Psalms 148:6He has stationed them in eternity, and for age after age. He has established a precept, and it will not pass away.

Jeremiah 33:25Thus says the Lord: If I have not established my covenant with the day and the night, and my laws over 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 →

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