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Job 38:31

Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

KJV

Numquid conjungere valebis micantes stellas Pleiadas, aut gyrum Arcturi poteris dissipare ?

Vulgate

συνῆκας δὲ δεσμὸν Πλειάδος, καὶ φραγμὸν Ὠρίωνος ἤνοιξας;

LXX

Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion?

ASV

הַֽ֭/תְקַשֵּׁר מַעֲדַנּ֣וֹת כִּימָ֑ה אֽוֹ מֹשְׁכ֖וֹת כְּסִ֣יל תְּפַתֵּֽחַ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א֣וֹ
'v
conjunction · 311×
יִּפְתַּ֖ח
yptch
verb · 144×
כְסִ֗יל
ksyl
noun · 4×
כִימָ֜ה
kymh
noun · 3×
ם
m
verb · 42×
מַעֲדַנּ֣וֹת
m'dnvt
noun · 1×
מֹשְׁכ֖וֹת
mshkvt
noun · 1×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Amos 5:8 — Seek 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
  • Amos 5:8 — Seek 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
  • Gen 1:14 — And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
  • Job 9:9 — Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
  • Job 9:9 — Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
  • Job 38:32 — Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?