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Job 38:33
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31 “Can you bind the cluster of the aPleiades,
Or loose the belt of Orion? 
32 Can you bring out1 Mazzaroth in its season?
Or can you guide1 the Great Bear with its cubs? 
33 Do you know athe ordinances of the heavens?
Can you set their dominion over the earth? 
34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
That an abundance of water may cover you?
35 Can you send out lightnings, that they may go,
And say to you, ‘Here we are!’?
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Job 38:33

ordinances—which regulate the alternations of seasons, etc. (Genesis 8:22).

dominion—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 38:19-38

The marvels in heaven. "What is the way (to the place wherein) light dwelleth?" The origin of light and darkness. In Genesis 1:3-5, Genesis 1:14-18, "light" is created distinct from, and previous to, light-emitting bodies, the luminaries of heaven.


 
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