Job 38:33
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
In Context
32Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her train?
34Canst 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: [he made] the stars also.
Job 38:12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days [began], [And] caused the dayspring to know its place;
Psalms 148:6He hath also established them for ever and ever: He hath made a decree which shall not pass away.
Jeremiah 33:25Thus saith Jehovah: 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 →