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Job 38:31

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38:31Can you tie the bands46 of the Pleiades,

or release the cords of Orion?

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Footnotes

  1. 46 This word is found here and in 1 Sam 15:32. Dhorme suggests, with others, that there has been a metathesis (a reversal of consonants), and it is the same word found in Job 31:36 (“bind”). G. R. Driver takes it as “cluster” without changing the text (“Two astronomical passages in the Old Testament,” 7 [1956]:3).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades

or loose the cords of Orion?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades?

Can you loosen Orion’s belt?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Can you fasten the chains of the Pleiades

or loosen the belt of Orion?

NLTNew Living Translation

“Can you direct the movement of the stars—

binding the cluster of the Pleiades

or loosening the cords of Orion?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades,

or can you loosen the cords of Orion?

KJV 1900King James Version

Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades,

Or loose the bands of Orion?