Job 38:33
Knowest thou the course of heauen, or canst thou set the rule thereof in the earth?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
In Context
32Canst thou bring foorth Mazzaroth in their time? canst thou also guide Arcturus with his sonnes?
34Canst thou lift vp thy voice to the cloudes that the aboundance of water may couer thee?
Cross References
Genesis 1:16God then made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesse light to rule the night: he made also the starres.
Job 38:12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy dayes? hast thou caused the morning to knowe his place,
Psalms 148:6And he hath established them for euer and euer: he hath made an ordinance, which shall not passe.
Jeremiah 33:25Thus sayth the Lord, If my couenant be not with day and night, and if I haue not appointed the order of heauen 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 →