VERSE STUDY • KJV

Job 38:31

Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

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Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?

“Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?

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

Dost thou bind sweet influences of Kimah? Or the attractions of Kesil dost thou open?

28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

30 The waters are hid as [with] a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

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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