Job 38:33
Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?
Majority Standard Bible
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 constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs?
34Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?
Cross References
Genesis 1:16God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.
Job 38:12In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,
Psalms 148:6He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away.
Jeremiah 33:25This is what the LORD says: If I have not established My covenant with the day and the night and the fixed order 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 →