Job 38:33
Strong's Lexicon
Do you know
הֲ֭יָדַעְתָּ (hă·yā·ḏa‘·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3045: 1) to know 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to know 1a1a) to know, learn to know 1a1b) to perceive 1a1c) to perceive and see, find out and discern 1a1d) to discriminate, distinguish 1a1e) to know by experience 1a1f) to recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess 1a1g) to consider 1a2) to know, be acquainted with 1a3) to know (a person carnally) 1a4) to know how, be skilful in 1a5) to have knowledge, be wise 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be made known, be or become known, be revealed 1b2) to make oneself known 1b3) to be perceived 1b4) to be instructed 1c) (Piel) to cause to know 1d) (Poal) to cause to know 1e) (Pual) 1e1) to be known 1e2) known, one known, acquaintance (participle) 1f) (Hiphil) to make known, declare 1g) (Hophal) to be made known 1h) (Hithpael) to make oneself known, reveal oneself

the laws
חֻקּ֣וֹת (ḥuq·qō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 2708: 1) statute, ordinance, limit, enactment, something prescribed 1a) statute

of the heavens ?
שָׁמָ֑יִם (šā·mā·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8064: 1) heaven, heavens, sky 1a) visible heavens, sky 1a1) as abode of the stars 1a2) as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc 1b) Heaven (as the abode of God)

אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: 1) if 1a) conditional clauses 1a1) of possible situations 1a2) of impossible situations 1b) oath contexts 1b1) no, not 1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or 1d) when, whenever 1e) since 1f) interrogative particle 1g) but rather

Can you set
תָּשִׂ֖ים (tā·śîm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7760: 1) to put, place, set, appoint, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to put, set, lay, put or lay upon, lay (violent) hands on 1a2) to set, direct, direct toward 1a2a) to extend (compassion) (fig) 1a3) to set, ordain, establish, found, appoint, constitute, make, determine, fix 1a4) to set, station, put, set in place, plant, fix 1a5) to make, make for, transform into, constitute, fashion, work, bring to pass, appoint, give 1b) (Hiphil) to set or make for a sign 1c) (Hophal) to be set

their dominion
מִשְׁטָר֣וֹ (miš·ṭā·rōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4896: 1) rule, authority

over the earth ?
בָאָֽרֶץ׃ (ḇā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: 1) land, earth 1a) earth 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) 1a3) earth (inhabitants) 1b) land 1b1) country, territory 1b2) district, region 1b3) tribal territory 1b4) piece of ground 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel 1b6) inhabitants of land 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world 1b8) city (-state) 1c) ground, surface of the earth 1c1) ground 1c2) soil 1d) (in phrases) 1d1) people of the land 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) 1d3) level or plain country 1d4) land of the living 1d5) end(s) of the earth 1e) (almost wholly late in usage) 1e1) lands, countries 1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?

Young's Literal Translation
Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Do you know the laws of heaven ? Can you impose its authority on  earth?

New American Standard Bible
"Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, Or fix their rule over the earth?

King James Bible
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
Parallel Verses
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?

New American Standard Bible
"Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, Or fix their rule over the earth?

King James Bible
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Do you know the laws of heaven? Can you impose its authority on earth?

International Standard Version
Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you regulate their authority over the earth?

NET Bible
Do you know the laws of the heavens, or can you set up their rule over the earth?

American Standard Version
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?

English Revised Version
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?

Young's Literal Translation
Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?
















Cross References
Job 38:32
Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

Psalm 148:6
He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.

Jeremiah 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 hosts is his name:

Jeremiah 31:36
If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 38:31
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

Job 38:30
The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

Job 38:34
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

Job 38:35
Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

Job 38:36
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
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