Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Do you know the ordinances of the heavens,
Or [can you] establish their rule over the earth?
New American Standard Bible
Or fix their rule over the earth?
King James Version
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
Holman Bible
Can you impose its
International Standard Version
Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you regulate their authority over the earth?
A Conservative Version
Do thou know the ordinances of the heavens? Can thou establish the dominion of it on the earth?
American Standard Version
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
Bible in Basic English
Have you knowledge of the laws of the heavens? did you give them rule over the earth?
Darby Translation
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?
Julia Smith Translation
Knewest thou the laws of the heavens? or wilt thou set up its dominion in the earth?
King James 2000
Know you the ordinances of heaven? can you set their dominion in the earth?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do you know heaven's statutes, or can you establish their rule on the earth?
Modern King James verseion
Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you set up their rulership on the earth?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Knewest thou the course of heaven, that thou mayest set up the ordinance thereof upon 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?
The Emphasized Bible
Knowest thou, the statutes of the heavens? Or didst thou appoint his dominion over the earth?
Webster
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?
Youngs Literal Translation
Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?
Interlinear
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 38:33
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Interrogates Job
32
“Can you lead forth a
And guide [the stars of] the Bear with her
“Do you know the ordinances of the heavens,
Or [can you] establish their rule over the earth?
“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
So that an abundance of water will cover you?
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 31:35-36
Thus says the Lord,
Who gives the sun for light by day
And the fixed order of the moon and of the stars for light by night,
Who stirs up the sea’s roaring billows or stills the waves when they roar;
The Lord of hosts is His name:
Genesis 1:16
God made the two great lights—the greater light (the sun) to rule the day, and the lesser light (the moon) to rule the night; He made the [galaxies of] stars also [that is, all the amazing wonders in the heavens].
Genesis 8:22
“While the earth remains,
Seedtime and harvest,
Cold and heat,
Winter and summer,
And day and night
Shall not cease.”
Job 38:12-13
“Since your days began, have you ever commanded the morning,
And caused the dawn to know its place,
Psalm 119:90-91
Your faithfulness continues from generation to generation;
You have established the earth, and it stands [securely].
Psalm 148:6
He has also established them forever and ever;
He has made a decree which shall not pass away.
Jeremiah 33:25
Thus says the Lord, ‘If My covenant with day and night does not stand, and if I have not established the fixed patterns of heaven and earth, [the whole order of nature,]