Job 38:33
Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
In Context
32Can you lead the constellations out in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?
34“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you?
Cross References
Genesis 1:16God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
Job 38:12“Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place,
Psalms 148:6He has also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which will not pass away.
Jeremiah 33:25The LORD says: “If my covenant of day and night fails, 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 →