Job 38:33

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

Cross-references

Job 38:12 Parallel

Job 38:12 asks about commanding the morning — a specific example of the heavenly laws Job cannot control.

Job 38:13 Parallel

Job 38:13 continues the image of dawn shaking the earth — another instance of God's sovereign order.

Genesis 1:16 describes God creating the sun and moon to govern day and night — the very 'laws of the heavens' Job is asked about.

Genesis 8:22 promises unceasing seasons and day/night — the enduring order that reflects the laws of the heavens.

Psalm 119:91 declares that God's laws endure and all things serve Him — directly echoing the 'laws of the heavens'.

Jeremiah 31:35 lists God's appointment of sun, moon, and stars — the same celestial ordinances Job is challenged to know.

Jeremiah 31:36 uses the permanence of these decrees as a guarantee — reinforcing the unbreakable laws of heaven.

Jeremiah 33:25 explicitly mentions 'fixed laws of heaven and earth' — a near verbatim parallel to Job's 'laws of the heavens'.

Psalm 148:6 Related theme

Psalm 148:6 says God established the heavens with a decree that never passes — the same permanent laws.