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OET-LV Know [the]_statutes of_[the]_heavens or do_you_appoint rule_their in/on_the_earth.
UHB הֲ֭יָדַעְתָּ חֻקּ֣וֹת שָׁמָ֑יִם אִם־תָּשִׂ֖ים מִשְׁטָר֣וֹ בָאָֽרֶץ׃ ‡
(hₐyādaˊttā ḩuqqōt shāmāyim ʼim-ttāsiym mishəţārō ⱱāʼāreʦ.)
Key: yellow:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Do you know the statutes of the skies?
⇔ If you will establish its rule over the earth?
UST Do you know how the sun, moon, and stars should move through the sky?
⇔ Do you know how they should provide heat and light on the earth?
BSB Do you know the laws of the heavens?
⇔ Can you set their dominion over the earth?
OEB Dost thou lay down the law to the heavens,
⇔ Or establish their rule in the earth?
WEB Do you know the laws of the heavens?
⇔ Can you establish its dominion over the earth?
NET Do you know the laws of the heavens,
⇔ or can you set up their rule over the earth?
LSV Have you known the statutes of the heavens? Or do you appoint
Its dominion in the earth?
FBV Do you know the laws of the heavens?[fn] Can you apply them to the earth?
38:33 In the context, God is referring particularly to the laws governing heavenly bodies.
T4T Do you know the laws that the stars must obey?
⇔ Can you cause those same laws to rule everything here on the earth?
LEB • or can you establish their rule on the earth?
BBE Have you knowledge of the laws of the heavens? did you give them rule over the earth?
MOF No MOF JOB book available
JPS Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
ASV Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens?
⇔ Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
DRA Dost thou know the order of heaven, and canst thou set down the reason thereof on the earth?
YLT Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?
DBY Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?
RV Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
WBS Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set its dominion on the earth?
KJB Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
(Knowst thou/you the ordinances of heaven? canst thou/you set the dominion thereof in the earth? )
BB Knowest thou the course of heauen, that thou mayest set vp the ordinaunce thereof vpon the earth?
(Knowst thou/you the course of heaven, that thou/you mayest/may set up the ordinaunce thereof upon the earth?)
GNV Knowest thou the course of heauen, or canst thou set the rule thereof in the earth?
(Knowst thou/you the course of heaven, or canst thou/you set the rule thereof in the earth? )
CB Knowest thou the course off heaue, yt thou mayest set vp the ordinaunce therof vpo earth?
(Knowst thou/you the course off heaue, it thou/you mayest/may set up the ordinaunce therof upo earth?)
WYC Whether thou knowist the ordre of heuene, and schalt sette the resoun therof in erthe?
(Whether thou/you knowist the ordre of heaven, and shalt set the resoun therof in earth?)
LUT Weißt du, wie der Himmel zu regieren ist? Oder kannst du ihn meistern auf Erden?
(Weißt you, like the heaven to regieren ist? Oder kannst you him/it meistern on earthn?)
CLV Numquid nosti ordinem cæli, et pones rationem ejus in terra?
(Numquid nosti ordinem cæli, and pones rationem his in terra? )
BRN And knowest thou the changes of heaven, or the events which take place together under heaven?
BrLXX Ἐπίστασαι δὲ τροπὰς οὐρανοῦ, ἢ τὰ ὑπʼ οὐρανὸν ὁμοθυμαδὸν γινόμενα;
(Epistasai de tropas ouranou, aʸ ta hupʼ ouranon homothumadon ginomena? )
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
חֻקּ֣וֹת שָׁמָ֑יִם
ordinances heavens
Yahweh is using this possessive form to statutes that apply to the skies, not statutes that the skies have enacted. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: “the statutes that govern the sky” or “how the movements of the sun, moon, and stars are regulated”
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
אִם־תָּשִׂ֖ים מִשְׁטָר֣וֹ בָאָֽרֶץ
if establish rule,their in/on_the=earth
Although the pronoun its is singular, it refers to the skies. If it would be clearer in your language, you could use a plural pronoun in your translation. Alternate translation: “If you will establish their rule over the earth”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
אִם־תָּשִׂ֖ים מִשְׁטָר֣וֹ בָאָֽרֶץ
if establish rule,their in/on_the=earth
Yahweh is using the word If to introduce a question that anticipates a negative answer. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate this in your translation. Alternate translation: “You are not able to establish their rule over the earth, are you”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
אִם־תָּשִׂ֖ים מִשְׁטָר֣וֹ בָאָֽרֶץ
if establish rule,their in/on_the=earth
Yahweh is speaking as if the skies literally ruled over the earth. He is likely referring to the way that the sun heats the earth, cloud cover cools the earth, and so forth. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Can you make what happens in the sky influence conditions on the earth”