Job 38:32

What does Job 38:32 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 38:32 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her train?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her train?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Do you make Mazzaroth come out in its right time, or are the Bear and its children guided by you?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Dost thou bring out Mazzaroth in its season? And Aysh for her sons dost thou comfort?

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Canst thou bring forth the day star in its time, and make the evening star to rise upon the children of the earth?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Dost thou bring forth the constellations each in its season? or dost thou guide the Bear with her sons?

Context

v.31Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion?

v.32This passage

v.33Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 9:9

    That maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;

  • Job 38:31

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

  • 2 Kings 23:5

    And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

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