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Job 38:31-33
Christian Standard Bible

31 Can you fasten the chains of the Pleiades
or loosen the belt of Orion?
32 Can you bring out the constellations[a] in their season
and lead the Bear[b] and her cubs?(A)
33 Do you know the laws(B) of heaven?
Can you impose its[c] authority on earth?

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Footnotes

  1. 38:32 Or Mazzaroth; Hb obscure
  2. 38:32 Or lead Aldebaran
  3. 38:33 Or God’s
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Job 38:31-33
New English Translation

31 Can you tie the bands[a] of the Pleiades,
or release the cords of Orion?
32 Can you lead out
the constellations[b] in their seasons,
or guide the Bear with its cubs?[c]
33 Do you know the laws of the heavens,
or can you set up their rule over the earth?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:31 tn 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,” JTS 7 [1956] :3).
  2. Job 38:32 tn 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.”
  3. Job 38:32 sn See Job 9:9.
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