Job 38:33
What does Job 38:33 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 38:33 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Have you knowledge of the laws of the heavens? did you give them rule over the earth?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Dost thou know the order of heaven, and canst thou set down the reason thereof on the earth?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 148:6
He hath also established them for ever and ever: He hath made a decree which shall not pass away.
- Jeremiah 33:25
Thus saith Jehovah: If my covenant of day and night stand not, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
- Job 38:12
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, And caused the dayspring to know its place;
- Genesis 1:16
And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he madethe 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
Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
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