Job 38:33
“Knowest thou the ordinances of heauen? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?”
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Job 38:33 Context
31Canst thou bind the sweete influences of Pleiades? or loose the bands of Orion? 32Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season, or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sonnes? 33Knowest thou the ordinances of heauen? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? 34Canst thou lift vp thy voice to the cloudes, that abundance of waters may couer thee? 35Canst thou send lightnings, that they may goe, and say vnto thee, Here we are?
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Other Translations for Job 38:33
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
- King James Version
"Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, Or fix their rule over the earth?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Have you knowledge of the laws of the heavens? did you give them rule over the earth?
- Basic English Bible
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?
- Darby Bible
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set its dominion on the earth?
- Webster's Bible
Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?
- World English Bible
Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?
- Youngs Literal Bible
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 38:33
38:33 Ordinances - The laws which are firmly established concerning their order, motion, or rest, and their powerful influences upon this lower world. Didst thou give these laws? Or dost thou perfectly know them? Canst thou - Manage and over rule their influences.