Job 38:33

Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Hast thou appointed their dominion over the earth?

Noyes Bible

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 Signs in their season, Or guide the Bear with her sons?

34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, So that abundance of waters will cover thee?

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Cross References

Job 38:12Hast thou, in thy life, given charge to the morning, Or caused the day-spring to know its place,

Psalms 148:6He hath also established them for ever; He hath given them a law, and they transgress it not.

Jeremiah 33:25Thus saith Jehovah: If my covenant concerning the day and the night be not maintained, And if I have not established the ordinances of the heaven and the 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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