Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Can you lead forth a
And guide [the stars of] the Bear with her
New American Standard Bible
And guide the Bear with her
King James Version
Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Holman Bible
and lead the Bear
International Standard Version
Can you bring out constellations in their season? Can you guide the Bear with her cubs?
A Conservative Version
Can thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or can thou guide the Bear with her train?
American Standard Version
Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her train?
Bible in Basic English
Do you make Mazzaroth come out in its right time, or are the Bear and its children guided by you?
Darby Translation
Dost thou bring forth the constellations each in its season? or dost thou guide the Bear with her sons?
Julia Smith Translation
Wilt thou bring forth the twelve signs in its time? and the great bear and his sons, wilt thou guide them?
King James 2000
Can you bring forth Mazzaroth in its season? or can you guide Arcturus with its children?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Can you lead forth the southern constellations at their appointed time, or can you lead [the] Bear with its children?
Modern King James verseion
Can you bring the constellations in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with its sons?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Canst thou bring forth the morning star or the evening star at convenient times, and convey them home again?
NET Bible
Can you lead out the constellations in their seasons, or guide the Bear with its cubs?
New Heart English Bible
Can you lead forth the constellations in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?
The Emphasized Bible
Canst thou bring forth the signs of the Zodiac each in its season? Or, the Bear and her Young, canst thou lead?
Webster
Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in its season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with its sons?
World English Bible
Can you lead forth the constellations in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?
Youngs Literal Translation
Dost thou bring out Mazzaroth in its season? And Aysh for her sons dost thou comfort?
Themes
Mazzaroth » Probably signs of the zodiac, see
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Arcturus
Interlinear
Yatsa'
Nachah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 38:32
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Interrogates Job
31
“Can you bind the chains of [the cluster of stars called] Pleiades,
Or loose the cords of [the constellation] Orion?
“Can you lead forth a
And guide [the stars of] the Bear with her
“Do you know the ordinances of the heavens,
Or [can you] establish their rule over the earth?
Cross References
2 Kings 23:5
He got rid of the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense [to pagan gods] in the high places in Judah’s cities and all around Jerusalem—also those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the constellations [of the zodiac], and to all the [starry] host of heaven.
Job 9:9
Who made [the constellations] the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades,
And the [vast starry] spaces of the south;
Job 38:31
“Can you bind the chains of [the cluster of stars called] Pleiades,
Or loose the cords of [the constellation] Orion?