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Job 38:33

CreationGod's power and sovereignty

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?

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?

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BSB
Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?
KJV
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
WEB
Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?
ASV
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
DARBY
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?
BLB
Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Or can you set its rule over the earth?
ÅB
Kjenner du himmelens lover? Fastsetter du dens herredømme over jorden?
OTB
Kjenner du himmelens lover?
Kan du fastsette dens herredømme over jorden?
B1930
Kjenner du himmelens lover? Fastsetter du dens herredømme over jorden?

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 31:35–36

    Thus 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:

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  • Genesis 8:22

    While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

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  • Psalms 148:6

    He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.

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  • Job 38:12–13

    Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

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  • Jeremiah 33:25

    Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;

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  • Genesis 1:16

    And 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.

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  • Psalms 119:90–91

    Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

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