Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set up God’s dominion over the earth? New Living Translation Do you know the laws of the universe? Can you use them to regulate the earth? English Standard Version Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth? Berean Standard Bible Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth? King James Bible Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? New King James Version Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth? New American Standard Bible “Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, Or do you establish their rule over the earth? NASB 1995 “Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, Or fix their rule over the earth? NASB 1977 “Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, Or fix their rule over the earth? Legacy Standard Bible Do you know the statutes of the heavens, Or fix their rule over the earth? Amplified Bible “Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, Or [can you] establish their rule over the earth? Christian Standard Bible Do you know the laws of heaven? Can you impose its authority on earth? Holman Christian Standard Bible Do you know the laws of heaven? Can you impose its authority on earth? American Standard Version Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth? Contemporary English Version Do you know the laws that govern the heavens, and can you make them rule the earth? English Revised Version Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth? GOD'S WORD® Translation Do you know the laws of the sky or make them rule the earth? Good News Translation Do you know the laws that govern the skies, and can you make them apply to the earth? International Standard Version Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you regulate their authority over the earth? Majority Standard Bible Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth? NET Bible Do you know the laws of the heavens, or can you set up their rule over the earth? New Heart English Bible Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth? Webster's Bible Translation Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set its dominion on the earth? World English Bible Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionHave you known the statutes of the heavens? Or do you appoint "" Its dominion in the earth? Young's Literal Translation Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth? Smith's Literal Translation Knewest thou the laws of the heavens? or wilt thou set up its dominion in the earth? Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleDost thou know the order of heaven, and canst thou set down the reason thereof on the earth? Catholic Public Domain Version Do you know the order of heaven, and can you explain its rules here on the earth? New American Bible Do you know the ordinances of the heavens; can you put into effect their plan on the earth? New Revised Standard Version Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleDo you know the laws of the heavens? Or do you make ordinances for the earth? Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Do you know the law of Heaven, or do you lay down the law in the earth? OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth? Brenton Septuagint Translation And knowest thou the changes of heaven, or the events which take place together under heaven? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God Challenges Job…32Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs? 33Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth? 34Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?… Cross References Psalm 147:4-5 He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name. / Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit. Jeremiah 31:35-36 Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name: / “Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel’s descendants ever cease to be a nation before Me.” Isaiah 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. Proverbs 8:27-29 I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep, / when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth, / when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth. Genesis 1:14-18 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years. / And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so. / God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well. ... Psalm 8:3-4 When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place— / what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him? Isaiah 45:12 It is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host. Amos 5:8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth—the LORD is His name— Psalm 19:1-6 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. / Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. / Without speech or language, without a sound to be heard, ... Jeremiah 10:12-13 The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding. / When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses. Colossians 1:16-17 For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him. / He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. Hebrews 1:2-3 But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe. / The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse. Acts 17:24-28 The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands. / Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. / From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands. ... Revelation 4:11 “Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and were created.” Treasury of Scripture Know you the ordinances of heaven? can you set the dominion thereof in the earth? 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. Psalm 119:90,91 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth… canst Job 38:12,13 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; … Jump to Previous Appoint Determine Dominion Earth Establish Fix God's Heaven Heavens Laws Ordinances Rule Statutes ThereofJump to Next Appoint Determine Dominion Earth Establish Fix God's Heaven Heavens Laws Ordinances Rule Statutes ThereofJob 38 1. God challenges Job to answer4. God, by his mighty works, convinces Job of ignorance 31. and weakness Do you know This phrase challenges human understanding and knowledge. In Hebrew, the word for "know" is "yada," which implies an intimate, experiential knowledge rather than mere intellectual awareness. This question from God to Job underscores the vast gap between divine and human wisdom. It invites reflection on the limitations of human understanding in contrast to God's omniscience. The rhetorical nature of the question serves to humble Job, reminding him and the reader of the need for reverence and trust in God's greater plan. the laws of the heavens Can you set their dominion over the earth Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Do you knowהֲ֭יָדַעְתָּ (hă·yā·ḏa‘·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3045: To know the laws חֻקּ֣וֹת (ḥuq·qō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 2708: Something prescribed, an enactment, statute of the heavens? שָׁמָ֑יִם (šā·mā·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky Can you set תָּשִׂ֖ים (tā·śîm) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set their dominion מִשְׁטָר֣וֹ (miš·ṭā·rōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4896: Rule, authority over the earth? בָאָֽרֶץ׃ (ḇā·’ā·reṣ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land Links Job 38:33 NIVJob 38:33 NLT Job 38:33 ESV Job 38:33 NASB Job 38:33 KJV Job 38:33 BibleApps.com Job 38:33 Biblia Paralela Job 38:33 Chinese Bible Job 38:33 French Bible Job 38:33 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 38:33 Do you know the laws (Jb) |