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

Bible Comments

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 controlling influence of the heavenly bodies, the sun, moon, etc., on the earth (on the tides, weather) (Genesis 1:16; Psalms 136:7-9).

Job 38:33

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