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Job 38:33 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Job 38:33Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 38:337 words
HebrewMeaning
הֲ֭/יָדַעְתָּhăyādaʿətā
¿ do you knowparticleH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
חֻקּ֣וֹתḥuqwōt
the statutes ofnounH2708
custom · manner · ordinance · site ···
שָׁמָ֑יִםšāmāyim
the heavensnounH8064
astrologer · heaven
אִםʾim
or?conjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
תָּשִׂ֖יםtāśiym
do you appointverbH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
מִשְׁטָר֣/וֹmišəṭārwō
rule itsnounH4896
בָ/אָֽרֶץbāʾāreṣ
over the earthpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 38:33

Knowest thou the course of heaven, and wilt thou set down the reason thereof on the earth? To know the course of heaven, is to see the secret predestinations of the heavenly disposals. But to set down the reason thereof on the earth is to lay open before the hearts of men the causes of such secrets. To set down, namely, the reason of heaven on the earth, is either to examine the mysteries of the heavenly judgments, by consideration, or to make them manifest in words. Which…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 29 §76
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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