32 Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth[a] in their season,
    or can you guide (A)the Bear with its children?
33 Do you know (B)the ordinances of the heavens?
    Can you establish their rule on the earth?

34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
    that (C)a flood of waters may cover you?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:32 Probably the name of a constellation

32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

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32 Canst thou bring forth the signs of the heavens in their season, or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

33 Dost thou know the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou use its power in the earth?

34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

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32 Canst thou bring forth [a]Mazzaroth in their time? canst thou also guide [b]Arcturus with his sons?

33 Knowest thou the course of heaven, or canst thou set the [c]rule thereof in the earth?

34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that the abundance of water may cover thee?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:32 Certain stars so called: some think they were the twelve signs.
  2. Job 38:32 The North star with those that are about him.
  3. Job 38:33 Canst thou cause the heavenly bodies to have any power over the earthly bodies?