KJV King James Version
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
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Job 38:33
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?
WEB World English Bible
Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?
ASV American Standard Version
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?
Surrounding context — Job 38
30 The waters are hid as [with] a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we [are]?
36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
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Jeremiah 31:35-36Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, [and] the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts [is] his name:Genesis 8:22While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.Jeremiah 33:25Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant [be] not with day and night, [and if] I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;Psalm 148:6He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.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 38:12-13Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; [and] caused the dayspring to know his place;Psalm 119:90-91Thy faithfulness [is] unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
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