Job 38:33
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
KJV
Numquid nosti ordinem cæli, et pones rationem ejus in terra ?
Vulgate
ἐπίστασαι δὲ τροπὰς οὐρανοῦ ἢ τὰ ὑπ’ οὐρανὸν ὁμοθυμαδὸν γινόμενα;
LXX
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
ASV
הֲ֭/יָדַעְתָּ חֻקּ֣וֹת שָׁמָ֑יִם אִם תָּשִׂ֖ים מִשְׁטָר֣/וֹ בָ/אָֽרֶץ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
וֹ
v
pronoun · 1×
י
y
noun · 105×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gen 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.
- Gen 8:22 — While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
- Jer 31:35 — 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 host
- Jer 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;
- Job 38:12 — Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
- Ps 119:90 — Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
- Ps 148:6 — He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
- Ps 148:6 — He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.