Job 38:33
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Dost thou know the order of heaven, and canst thou set down the reason thereof on the earth?

the ordinances

Genesis 1:16 And God made two great lights: a greater light to rule the day; and a lesser light to rule the night: and the stars.

Genesis 8:22 All the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, night and day, shall not cease.

Psalm 119:90,91 Thy truth unto all generations: thou hast founded the earth, and it continueth. . . .

Jeremiah 31:35,36 Thus saith the Lord, who giveth the sun for the light of the day, the order of the moon and of the stars, for the light of the night: who stirreth up the sea, and the waves thereof roar, the Lord of hosts is his name. . . .

Jeremiah 33:25 Thus saith the Lord. If I have not set my covenant between day and night, and laws to heaven and earth:

canst

Job 38:12,13 Didst thou since thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning of the day its place? . . .

Context
God Challenges Job
32Canst thou bring forth the day star in its time, and make the evening star to rise upon the children of the earth? 33Dost thou know the order of heaven, and canst thou set down the reason thereof on the earth?34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that an abundance of waters may cover thee?…
Cross References
Job 38:32
Canst thou bring forth the day star in its time, and make the evening star to rise upon the children of the earth?

Psalm 148:6
He hath established them for ever, and for ages of ages: he hath made a decree, and it shall not pass away.

Jeremiah 31:35
Thus saith the Lord, who giveth the sun for the light of the day, the order of the moon and of the stars, for the light of the night: who stirreth up the sea, and the waves thereof roar, the Lord of hosts is his name.

Jeremiah 31:36
If these ordinances shall fail before me, saith the Lord: then also the seed of Israel shall fail, so as not to be a nation before me for ever.

Lexicon
Do you know
הֲ֭יָדַעְתָּ (hă·yā·ḏa‘·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

the laws
חֻקּ֣וֹת (ḥuq·qō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 2708: Something prescribed, an enactment, statute

of the heavens?
שָׁמָ֑יִם (šā·mā·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8064: Heaven, sky

Can you set
תָּשִׂ֖ים (tā·śîm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

their dominion
מִשְׁטָר֣וֹ (miš·ṭā·rōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4896: Rule, authority

over the earth?
בָאָֽרֶץ׃ (ḇā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land


Additional Translations
Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?Know you the ordinances of heaven? can you set the dominion thereof in the earth?

Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?

And knowest thou the changes of heaven, or the events which take place together under heaven?

Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?

Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?

Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set its dominion on the earth?

Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?

Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?
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