Job 38:31–32
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38:31Can you tie the bands46 of the Pleiades,
or release the cords of Orion?
38:32Can you lead out
the constellations47 in their seasons,
or guide the Bear with its cubs?48
Footnotes
- 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).
- 47 The word מַזָּרוֹת (mazzarot) is taken by some to refer to the constellations (see 2 Kgs 23:5), and by others as connected to the word for “crown,” and so “corona.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades
or loose the cords of Orion?
Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season,
or can you guide the Bear with its children?
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades?
Can you loosen Orion’s belt?
Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons
or lead out the Bear with its cubs?
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Can you fasten the chains of the Pleiades
or loosen the belt of Orion?
Can you bring out the constellations in their season
and lead the Bear and her cubs?
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NLTNew Living Translation
“Can you direct the movement of the stars—
binding the cluster of the Pleiades
or loosening the cords of Orion?
Can you direct the constellations through the seasons
or guide the Bear with her cubs across the heavens?
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades,
or can you loosen the cords of Orion?
Can you lead forth the southern constellations at their appointed time,
or can you lead the Bear with its children?
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KJV 1900King James Version
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades,
Or loose the bands of Orion?
Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season?
Or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
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