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הֲ֭יָדַעְתָּ חֻקּ֣וֹת שָׁמָ֑יִםplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigשָׁמַיִם hebrew Meanings: * Heaven or heavens * Sky * Compass Masculine noun. The word is dual in form (ending in -ַיִם) which normally indicates two things (like eyes and hands), however, however it functions as a plural. Deuteronomy 10:14 states that Genesis 1:20Psalm 115:3 אִם תָּשִׂ֖ים מִשְׁטָר֣וֹ בָאָֽרֶץplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigאֶרֶץ hebrew Meaning: * Earth (e.g. Genesis 1:1) or world * Land * Countries or country The word אֶרֶץ can designate the whole of planet earth, or the inhabitable world or the national territory or ground. When coupled with heavens (שָׁמַיִם), the phrase indicates the entire created order.Genesis 12:1 |
| ESV |
Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth?
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| NIV |
Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set up God's dominion over the earth?
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| NLT |
Do you know the laws of the universe? Can you use them to regulate the earth?
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| LXX |
ἐπίστασαι δὲplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδέ greek δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English. τροπὰς οὐρανοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigοὐρανός Meaning: * The sky * Air * Heaven or heavens 278 occurrences in the New Testament. Οὐρανός is used in Scripture to describe the sky and universe (that is, the visible expanse above the earth) as well as the transcendent realm where God is present. For example, in Matthew 6:26Matthew 24:29Matthew 6:9 ἢ τὰplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ὑπ οὐρανὸνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigοὐρανός Meaning: * The sky * Air * Heaven or heavens 278 occurrences in the New Testament. Οὐρανός is used in Scripture to describe the sky and universe (that is, the visible expanse above the earth) as well as the transcendent realm where God is present. For example, in Matthew 6:26Matthew 24:29Matthew 6:9 ὁμοθυμαδὸν γινόμενα |
| KJV |
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
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Job 38:32 ← Job 38:33 → Job 38:34
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