Job
King James Version (KJV)
Job 38:31
“Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?”
King James Version (KJV)
Job 38:31 Context
28Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? 29Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? 30The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. 31Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? 32Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? 33Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? 34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
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Other Translations
Canst thou bind the sweete influences of Pleiades? or loose the bands of Orion?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, Or loose the cords of Orion?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Are the bands of the Pleiades fixed by you, or are the cords of Orion made loose?
- Basic English Bible
Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
- Darby Bible
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
- Webster's Bible
Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
- World English Bible
Dost thou bind sweet influences of Kimah? Or the attractions of Kesil dost thou open?
- Youngs Literal Bible
Canst thou bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, Or loose the cords of Orion?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Are the bands of the Pleiades fixed by you, or are the cords of Orion made loose?
- Basic English Bible
Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
- Darby Bible
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
- Webster's Bible
Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
- World English Bible
Dost thou bind sweet influences of Kimah? Or the attractions of Kesil dost thou open?
- Youngs Literal Bible
Canst thou bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Job 38:31
38:31 Bind - Restrain or hinder them. Pleiades - The seven stars, which bring in the spring. Bands - By which it binds up the air and earth, by bringing storms of rain and hail or frost and snow. Orion - This constellation rises in November, and brings in winter. Both summer and winter will have their course? God indeed can change them when he pleases, can make the spring cold, and so bind the influences of Pleiades, and the winter warm, and so loose the bands of Orion; but we cannot.
It refers to GOD's absolute power, over all things, everywhere. The "Pleiades" are a bound system of thousands of stars all held exactly together in place by their own equal gravity. Where as, Orion is a system of fewer stars which are slowly drifting apart.
Early Persian and Jewish astronomy had observed these phenomenon both. The important part is they both defy man's big-bang theory by way of the laws of thermodynamics, and so put the feat firmly in GOD's hands.