KJV King James Version
Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Job 9:9
Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
WEB World English Bible
He makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the rooms of the south.
ASV American Standard Version
That maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Making Osh, Kesil, and Kimah, And the inner chambers of the south.
Surrounding context — Job 9
6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
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Amos 5:8[Seek him] that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD [is] his name:Job 38:31-41Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?Genesis 1:16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also.Psalm 147:4He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by [their] names.Acts 28:13And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli:Psalm 104:13He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.Psalm 104:3Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:Job 37:9Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
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