Job 38:33

Knowest thou, the statutes of the heavens? Or didst thou appoint his dominion over the earth?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 forth the signs of the Zodiac each in its season? Or, the Bear and her Young, canst thou lead?

34Canst thou lift up, to the thick cloud, thy voice, and the overflow of waters cover thee?

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Cross References

Genesis 1:16And God made the two great luminaries,—the greater luminary to rule the day, and the lesser luminary to rule the night, also the stars.

Job 38:12Since thy days [began] hast thou commanded the morning? or caused the dawn to know its place;

Psalms 148:6So caused he them to stand perpetually—age-abidingly, A decree, hath he given, and it passeth not beyond.

Jeremiah 33:25Thus, saith Yahweh, If my covenant of day and night, the ordinances of the heavens and the earth, I did not appoint,

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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