Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Connais-tu les lois du ciel? Règles-tu son pouvoir sur la terre?
KJV
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
KJV
Hebrew original
הֲ֭/יָדַעְתָּ חֻקּ֣וֹת שָׁמָ֑יִם אִם תָּשִׂ֖ים מִשְׁטָר֣/וֹ בָ/אָֽרֶץ
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