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הֲ֭יָדַעְתָּhayadataknowיָדַעparticle, interrogative, verb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “know”, a completed actionH3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with…חֻקּ֣וֹתchuqotappointedחֻקָּהnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “appointed”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2708{an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)}appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute.שָׁמָ֑יִםshamayimheavenשָׁמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).אִםimoh thatאִםconjunction — “oh that”H518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not(and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), t…תָּשִׂ֖יםtasimputשׂוּםverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “put”, an unfinished actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…מִשְׁטָר֣וֹmishtarvodominionמִשְׁטָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “dominion”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4896jurisdictiondominion.בָאָֽרֶץvaaretsin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “in earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
Jewish translation (JPS 1917)
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
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American Standard Version (1901)
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
Young’s Literal Translation
Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?
World English Bible
Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?
Darby Translation
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?
Douay-Rheims
Dost thou know the order of heaven, and canst thou set down the reason thereof on the earth?
Jewish Publication Society (1917)
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English
And knowest thou the changes of heaven, or the events which take place together under heaven?
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