KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 38:33–35
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Job 38:33
33Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
33Knowest thou the ordinances of heauen? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
Job 38:34
34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
34Canst thou lift vp thy voice to the cloudes, that abundance of waters may couer thee?
Job 38:35
35Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
35Canst thou send lightnings, that they may goe, and say vnto thee, †Here we are?
- Heb. behold vs.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 38:33
The expanse above the earth, including the sky or firmament; also the dwelling or throne of God, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To place, fix, appoint, establish, or prescribe; also fixed or determined.
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Rule, lordship, authority, or the realm under such rule.
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The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
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Job 38:34
To raise, bear up, exalt, or take away; also an act of raising.
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Visible masses of condensed vapour in the sky; also figures of covering, multitude, or obscurity.
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Great plenty; an overflowing quantity; ample sufficiency; in strictness applicable to quantity only; but customarily used of number, as an abundance of peasants.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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Job 38:35
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
lightnings
Flashes of light produced in storms.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To speak, declare, tell, or express; also what is said.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
In this place, at this point, or in the present circumstance.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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From verse 33
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Open the full verse study35¶ Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name:
36If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the Lord, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
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Open the full verse study22While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
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Open the full verse study16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
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Open the full verse study25Thus saith the Lord; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
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Open the full verse study12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
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Open the full verse study6He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
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Open the full verse study90Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
91They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.
From verse 34
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Open the full verse study11Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
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Open the full verse study18So Samuel called unto the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.
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Open the full verse study8Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:
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Open the full verse study18And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
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Open the full verse study27For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
28Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
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Open the full verse study1ASK ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
From verse 35
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Open the full verse study32With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
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Open the full verse study3He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
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Open the full verse study12And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
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Open the full verse study10And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
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Open the full verse study14Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.
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Open the full verse study23And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
24So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
25And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.
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Open the full verse study29And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the Lord; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the Lord’s.
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Open the full verse study8Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
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Open the full verse study1I AM sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
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Open the full verse study2And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.
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Open the full verse study1AND when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.
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Open the full verse study35And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
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Open the full verse study5And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
6These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
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