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Job 38:33

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, Or fix their rule over the earth?
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set its dominion on the earth?
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Knowest thou, the statutes of the heavens? Or didst thou appoint his dominion over the earth?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Dost thou know the order of heaven, and canst thou set down the reason thereof on the earth?
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Knowest thou the course of heauen, or canst thou set the rule thereof in the earth?
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Knowest thou the ordinances of heauen? Canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Do you know the laws of the heavens? Or do you make ordinances for the earth?
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And knowest thou the changes of heaven, or the events which take place together under heaven?
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Knowest 3045
{3045} Prime
ידע
yada`
{yaw-dah'}
A primitive root; to know (properly to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively instruction, designation, punishment, etc.).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
thou the ordinances 2708
{2708} Prime
חֻקָּה
chuqqah
{khook-kaw'}
Feminine of H2706, and meaning substantially the same.
of heaven? 8064
{8064} Prime
שָׁמַיִם
shamayim
{shaw-mah'-yim}
The second form being dual of an unused singular; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve).
canst thou set 7760
{7760} Prime
שׂוּם
suwm
{soom}
A primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literally, figuratively, inferentially and elliptically).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
the dominion 4896
{4896} Prime
מִשְׁטָר
mishtar
{mish-tawr'}
From H7860; jurisdiction.
thereof in the earth? 776
{0776} Prime
אֶרֶץ
'erets
{eh'-rets}
From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Job 38:19-38.


Job 38:33

_ _ ordinances — which regulate the alternations of seasons, etc. (Genesis 8:22).

_ _ dominioncontrolling influence of the heavenly bodies, the sun, moon, etc., on the earth (on the tides, weather) (Genesis 1:16; Psalms 136:7-9).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Job 38:25-41.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 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.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Job 38:33

Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the (u) dominion thereof in the earth?

(u) Can you cause the heavenly bodies to have any power over the earthly bodies?

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
the ordinances:

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.
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.
Psalms 119:90-91 Thy faithfulness [is] unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. ... They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all [are] thy servants.
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: ... If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, [then] the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
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;

canst:

Job 38:12-13 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; [and] caused the dayspring to know his place; ... That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
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Gn 1:16; 8:22. Jb 38:12. Ps 119:90. Jr 31:35; 33:25.

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