Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
WEB
Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?
YLT
Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?
DBT
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJob — The canonical wisdom-literature interrogation of undeserved suffering. A prose frame enclosing three cycles of dialogue, a late Elihu interrupt, and a whirlwind theophany that does not answer the question — it relativizes it.
- Author
- Anonymous. Talmudic tradition names Moses (Bava Batra 14b); internal features (patriarchal setting, no Mosaic Law reference, Job sacrificing as family head, *qesitah* currency of Gen 33:19) suggest patriarchal-era composition or at least tradition-origin.
- Date
- Traditional: patriarchal period, c. 2000–1800 BC. Critical proposals scatter across pre-exilic to post-exilic. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer takes the position.