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Can you set up God&#8217s dominion over the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/38.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Do you know the laws of the universe? Can you use them to regulate the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/38.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/38.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/38.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/38.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/38.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, Or do you establish their rule over the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/38.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, Or fix their rule over the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/38.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, Or fix their rule over the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/38.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Do you know the statutes of the heavens, Or fix their rule over the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/38.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, Or [can you] establish their rule over the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/38.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Do you know the laws of heaven? Can you impose its authority on earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/38.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Do you know the laws of heaven? Can you impose its authority on earth? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/38.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/38.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Do you know the laws that govern the heavens, and can you make them rule the earth? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/38.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/38.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Do you know the laws of the sky or make them rule the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/38.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Do you know the laws that govern the skies, and can you make them apply to the earth? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/38.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you regulate their authority over the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/38.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/38.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Do you know the laws of the heavens, or can you set up their rule over the earth? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/38.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/38.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set its dominion on the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/38.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/38.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Have you known the statutes of the heavens? Or do you appoint "" Its dominion in the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/38.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/38.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Knewest thou the laws of the heavens? or wilt thou set up its dominion in the earth?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/38.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Dost thou know the order of heaven, and canst thou set down the reason thereof on the earth? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/38.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Do you know the order of heaven, and can you explain its rules here on the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/38.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Do you know the ordinances of the heavens; can you put into effect their plan on the earth? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/38.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/38.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Do you know the laws of the heavens? Or do you make ordinances for the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/38.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Do you know the law of Heaven, or do you lay down the law in the earth?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/38.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/38.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And knowest thou the changes of heaven, or the events which take place together under heaven?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/38-33.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=6037" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/38.htm">God Challenges Job</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">32</span>Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs? <span class="reftext">33</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: hă·yā·ḏa‘·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">Do you know</a> <a href="/hebrew/2708.htm" title="2708: ḥuq·qō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- Something prescribed, an enactment, statute. Feminine of choq, and meaning substantially the same.">the laws</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: šā·mā·yim (N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">of the heavens?</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!"></a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: tā·śîm (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">Can you set</a> <a href="/hebrew/4896.htm" title="4896: miš·ṭā·rōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Rule, authority. From shoter; jurisdiction.">their dominion</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ḇā·’ā·reṣ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">over the earth?</a> </span><span class="reftext">34</span>Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/147-4.htm">Psalm 147:4-5</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-35.htm">Jeremiah 31:35-36</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-26.htm">Isaiah 40:26</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/8-27.htm">Proverbs 8:27-29</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/1-14.htm">Genesis 1:14-18</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/8-3.htm">Psalm 8:3-4</a></span><br />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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/45-12.htm">Isaiah 45:12</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-8.htm">Amos 5:8</a></span><br />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—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/19-1.htm">Psalm 19:1-6</a></span><br />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, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/10-12.htm">Jeremiah 10:12-13</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/1-16.htm">Colossians 1:16-17</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/1-2.htm">Hebrews 1:2-3</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-20.htm">Romans 1:20</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/17-24.htm">Acts 17:24-28</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/4-11.htm">Revelation 4:11</a></span><br />“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.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Know you the ordinances of heaven? can you set the dominion thereof in the earth?</p><p class="hdg">the ordinances</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/1-16.htm">Genesis 1:16</a></b></br> And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: <i>he made</i> the stars also.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/8-22.htm">Genesis 8:22</a></b></br> While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/119-90.htm">Psalm 119:90,91</a></b></br> Thy faithfulness <i>is</i> unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth… </p><p class="hdg">canst</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/38-12.htm">Job 38:12,13</a></b></br> Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; <i>and</i> caused the dayspring to know his place; … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/34-23.htm">Appoint</a> <a href="/job/34-14.htm">Determine</a> <a href="/job/25-2.htm">Dominion</a> <a href="/job/38-26.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/job/36-7.htm">Establish</a> <a href="/job/31-1.htm">Fix</a> <a href="/job/37-22.htm">God's</a> <a href="/job/38-29.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/job/38-29.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/esther/3-8.htm">Laws</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-32.htm">Ordinances</a> <a href="/job/34-30.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-29.htm">Statutes</a> <a href="/job/38-20.htm">Thereof</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/9-20.htm">Appoint</a> <a href="/daniel/11-17.htm">Determine</a> <a href="/psalms/8-6.htm">Dominion</a> <a href="/job/38-37.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/psalms/7-9.htm">Establish</a> <a href="/psalms/119-15.htm">Fix</a> <a href="/job/40-9.htm">God's</a> <a href="/job/38-37.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/job/38-37.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/psalms/10-5.htm">Laws</a> <a href="/psalms/18-22.htm">Ordinances</a> <a href="/psalms/2-9.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/psalms/18-22.htm">Statutes</a> <a href="/psalms/19-6.htm">Thereof</a><div class="vheading2">Job 38</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/38-1.htm">God challenges Job to answer</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/38-4.htm">God, by his mighty works, convinces Job of ignorance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/38-31.htm">and weakness</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/38.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/38.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Do you know the laws of the heavens?</b><br>This phrase challenges human understanding of the universe, highlighting God's omniscience and sovereignty. The "laws of the heavens" refer to the natural order and cosmic principles governing celestial bodies. In ancient times, the heavens were seen as a realm of divine control, beyond human comprehension. This aligns with passages like <a href="/psalms/19.htm">Psalm 19:1</a>, which speaks of the heavens declaring God's glory. The rhetorical question emphasizes human limitations compared to God's infinite wisdom, a theme prevalent throughout the Book of Job.<p><b>Can you set their dominion over the earth?</b><br>This question underscores God's authority in establishing the heavens' influence over the earth. The "dominion" suggests a governing power, reflecting the belief that celestial bodies impact earthly events, a concept seen in <a href="/genesis/1-14.htm">Genesis 1:14-18</a>, where the sun, moon, and stars are given roles in marking time and seasons. This phrase also points to God's providence and control over creation, contrasting human inability to exert such influence. It echoes the biblical theme of God's sovereignty, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/40-26.htm">Isaiah 40:26</a>, where God is depicted as the one who calls the stars by name.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central human figure in the Book of Job, experiencing intense suffering and questioning God's justice.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Creator and Sustainer of the universe, who speaks to Job out of the whirlwind, challenging Job's understanding of divine wisdom and power.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/heavens.htm">Heavens</a></b><br>Refers to the celestial realm, including the stars, planets, and other heavenly bodies, which are governed by divine laws.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/earth.htm">Earth</a></b><br>The physical world, over which the heavens have dominion, as established by God's sovereign order.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/w/whirlwind.htm">Whirlwind</a></b><br>The medium through which God speaks to Job, symbolizing divine power and majesty.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Recognize that God is the ultimate authority over the universe. His laws govern both the heavens and the earth, demonstrating His supreme power and wisdom.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/human_limitations.htm">Human Limitations</a></b><br>Acknowledge our limited understanding compared to God's infinite wisdom. Like Job, we must humbly accept that there are mysteries beyond our comprehension.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_order.htm">Divine Order</a></b><br>Appreciate the order and structure God has established in creation. This order reflects His character and provides stability and predictability in the natural world.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_plan.htm">Trust in God's Plan</a></b><br>In times of suffering or confusion, trust that God is in control. His dominion over the heavens and the earth assures us that He is capable of managing our lives and circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/w/worship_and_awe.htm">Worship and Awe</a></b><br>Let the majesty of the heavens inspire worship and awe for the Creator. The vastness and complexity of the universe point to a God who is worthy of our reverence and praise.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_38.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 38</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible_books'_order.htm">What is the order of the Bible's books?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'called_by_his_purpose'_mean.htm">How is Jesus represented in each book of the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_96_10_align_with_astronomy.htm">Psalm 96:10 states “the world is firmly established, it cannot be moved”; how does this align with modern astronomical findings that the Earth orbits the Sun and rotates on its axis? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job_28_25_align_with_divine_weather.htm">How does Job 28:25's statement about God 'weighing the wind' square with earlier biblical passages that treat weather as solely divine intervention?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/38.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(33) <span class= "bld">The ordinances of heaven.</span>--Comp. <a href="/job/28-26.htm" title="When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:">Job 28:26</a>. That is, the recurring seasons and their power of influencing the earth.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/38.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 33.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven?</span> <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the physical laws by which the course of nature is governed (comp. <a href="/psalms/119-90.htm">Psalm 119:90, 91</a>; <a href="/psalms/148-6.htm">Psalm 148:6</a>). The general prevalence of law in the material world is quite as strongly asserted by the sacred writers as by modern science. The difference is that modern science regards the laws as physical necessities, self-subsisting, while Scripture looks upon them as the ordinances of the Divine will. This latter view involves, of course, the further result that the Divine will can at any time suspend or reverse any of its enactments. <span class="cmt_word">Canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?</span> If Job does not even know the laws whereby the world is governed, much less can he establish such laws himself, and make them work. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/38-33.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Do you know</span><br /><span class="heb">הֲ֭יָדַעְתָּ</span> <span class="translit">(hă·yā·ḏa‘·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the laws</span><br /><span class="heb">חֻקּ֣וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ḥuq·qō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2708.htm">Strong's 2708: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something prescribed, an enactment, statute</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the heavens?</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁמָ֑יִם</span> <span class="translit">(šā·mā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heaven, sky</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Can you set</span><br /><span class="heb">תָּשִׂ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(tā·śîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their dominion</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשְׁטָר֣וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(miš·ṭā·rōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4896.htm">Strong's 4896: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rule, authority</span><br /><br /><span class="word">over the earth?</span><br /><span class="heb">בָאָֽרֶץ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḇā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/38-33.htm">Job 38:33 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/38-33.htm">Job 38:33 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/38-33.htm">Job 38:33 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/38-33.htm">Job 38:33 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/38-33.htm">Job 38:33 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/38-33.htm">Job 38:33 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/38-33.htm">Job 38:33 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/38-33.htm">Job 38:33 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/38-33.htm">Job 38:33 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/38-33.htm">Job 38:33 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/38-33.htm">OT Poetry: Job 38:33 Do you know the laws (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/38-32.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 38:32"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 38:32" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/38-34.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 38:34"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 38:34" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>