Job 38:33
Know you the ordinances of heaven? can you set the dominion thereof in the earth?
Updated King James Version
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 Mazzaroth in his season? or can you guide Arcturus with his sons?
34Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you?
Cross References
Genesis 1:16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Job 38:12Have you commanded the morning since your days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
Psalms 148:6He has also established them for ever and ever: he has made a decree which shall not pass.
Jeremiah 33:25Thus says the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and 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 →