Job 38:33
Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
In Context
32Dost thou bring out Mazzaroth in its season? And Aysh for her sons dost thou comfort?
34Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?
Cross References
Genesis 1:16And God maketh the two great luminaries, the great luminary for the rule of the day, and the small luminary — and the stars — for the rule of the night;
Job 38:12Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?
Psalms 148:6And He establisheth them for ever to the age, A statute He gave, and they pass not over.
Jeremiah 33:25Thus said Jehovah: If My covenant [is] not daily and nightly, The statutes of heaven and earth I have not appointed —
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 →