Job 38:31

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Can you tie the bands of the Pleiades, or release the cords of Orion?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 9:9 : 9 he makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the constellations of the southern sky;
  • Amos 5:8 : 8 (But there is one who made the constellations Pleiades and Orion; he can turn the darkness into morning and daylight into night. He summons the water of the seas and pours it out on the earth’s surface. The LORD is his name!

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    32Can you lead out the constellations in their seasons, or guide the Bear with its cubs?

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    7he who commands the sun and it does not shine and seals up the stars;

    8he alone spreads out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea;

    9he makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the constellations of the southern sky;

    10he does great and unsearchable things, and wonderful things without number.

  • Job 38:30
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    30when the waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen solid?

  • Job 38:37-39
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    37Who by wisdom can count the clouds, and who can tip over the water jars of heaven,

    38when the dust hardens into a mass, and the clumps of earth stick together?

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    18will you, with him, spread out the clouds, solid as a mirror of molten metal?

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    4God’s questions to Job“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding!

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    6On what were its bases set, or who laid its cornerstone–

    7when the morning stars sang in chorus, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

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    15Do you know how God commands them, how he makes lightning flash in his storm cloud?

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    12Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or made the dawn know its place,

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    10Can you bind the wild ox to a furrow with its rope, will it till the valleys, following after you?

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    24In what direction is lightning dispersed, or the east winds scattered over the earth?

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    19“In what direction does light reside, and darkness, where is its place,

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