Job 38:33 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? ”

• Job 38:33 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? - The laws or statutes by which the motions of the heavenly bodies are governed. These were wholly unknown in the time of Job, and the discovery of some of...

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• Job 38:33 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the (u) dominion thereof in the earth? (u) Can you cause the heavenly bodies to have any power over the earthly bodies?

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• Job 38:33 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Wonders of the Inanimate Creation. Where was Job when the earth was made? The work of creation is described as the building of a house. In Job 38:7 the stars, which are older than the world (...

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• Job 38:33 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  ordinances . statutes. the . his.

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• Job 38:33 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? - Art thou a thorough astronomer? Art thou acquainted with all the laws...

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• Job 38:33 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven?— Dost thou know the laws of the heavens? hast thou appointed their dominion over the earth? Houb.

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• Job 38:33 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? Ordinances - which regulate the alternations of seasons, etc. ( Genesis 8:22 ). Dominion - the con...

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• Job 38:33 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The First Speech of the Almighty ( Job 38:39 ) The marvels of creation, which witness to the infinite wisdom, power, and watchful care of the Creator, are presented to Job in such a way as to forc...

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• Job 38:33 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The ordinances of heaven. — Comp. Job 28:26 . That is, the recurring seasons and their power of influencing the earth.

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• Job 38:33 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  XXVII. "MUSIC IN THE BOUNDS OF LAW" Job 38:1-41 OVER the shadowed life of Job, and the world shadowed for him by his own intellectual and moral gloom, a storm sweeps, and from the storm issues...

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• Job 38:33 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  What Man Cannot Do Job 38:19-41 In this chapter a number of nature-pictures pass before us. These include the creation of the earth, Job 38:4-7 ; the sea, Job 38:8-11 ; light, Job 38:12-15 ;...

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• Job 38:33 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Here begins the third movement in the great drama, that which deals with the controversy between Jehovah and Job. Out of the midst of the whirlwind the divine voice speaks. Its first word is a challe...

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• Job 38:33 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (4) В¶ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. (5) Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?...

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• Job 38:33 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven ?.... Settled by the decree, purpose, and will of God, and are firm and stable; see Psalms 148:6 ; the laws and statutes respecting their situation, motion, o...

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• Job 38:33 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? Ver. 33. Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? ] Either how to order them, as master over them, or to comp...

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• Job 38:33 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth? Namely, into view? Canst thou make the stars in the southern signs arise and appear? Or canst thou guide Arcturus? A northern constellation; with his sons? The...

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• Job 38:33 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  Marvellously, God Himself directly intervenes in this discussion so early in the history of man. The storm that had been brewing as Elihu spoke becomes a whirlwind, and God spoke to Job out of the wh...

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• Job 38:33 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  God's Sovereign Dominion and Goodness. B. C. 1520.       25 Who hath divided a watercourse f...

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• Job 38:33 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Knowest thou? either, 1. Simply, and by speculation, dost thou understand them? Or, 2. Practically, or operatively, so as to establish or rule them, as the next clause implies. The ordinances...

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• Job 38:33 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  JEHOVAH’S ADDRESS TO JOB Elihu had now said all he intended. Possibly interrupted by the storm which had been gathering during his speech. Out of the storm-cloud, from which already issued thund...

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• Job 38:33 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Job 38:1 . The whirlwind. Clouds and flames are the chariots of the Lord, in deigning to speak with men. When he spake to Elijah in Horeb, it was with wind, and fire, and earthquake. Likewise in...

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• Job 38:33 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  CLOSE OF THE CONTROVERSY BY THE INTERFERENCE OF THE ALMIGHTY . EXPOSITION The discourse, by which the Almighty answers Job and rebukes his "friends," occupies four chapters (...

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• Job 38:33 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  God's Majesty in the Wonders above the Earth

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• Job 38:33 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Genesis 1:16 ; Genesis 8:22 ; Jeremiah 31:35 ; Jeremiah 31:36 ; Jeremiah 33:25 ; Job 38:12 ; Job 38:13 ; Psalms 119:90 ; Psalms 119:91

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• Job 38:33 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  God Speaks to Job Job 38:1-41 to Job 42:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS God's words to Job do not carry much by way of the explanation of redemption. Job was a child of God, and well-instructed...

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• Job 38:33 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Ordinances — The laws which are firmly established concerning their order, motion, or rest, and their powerful influences upon this lower world. Didst thou give these laws? Or dost thou perfectly k...

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