Job 38:33
Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you apply them to the earth?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
In Context
34Can you shout to the clouds and command them to pour rain down on you?
Cross References
Genesis 1:16God created two great lights: the larger one in charge of the day, and the smaller one in charge of the night. He created the stars too.
Job 38:12During your lifetime, have you ever ordered the morning to begin?
Psalms 148:6He placed them in their positions forever and ever; he established a law that will never end.
Jeremiah 33:25This is what the Lord says: Just as I can't break my agreement with the day and the night and the laws that regulate 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 →