Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Can you tie the bands of the Pleiades, or release the cords of Orion?
New American Standard Bible
Or loose the cords of Orion?
King James Version
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
Holman Bible
or loosen the belt of Orion?
International Standard Version
"Can you bind the chains of Pleiades or loosen the cords of Orion?
A Conservative Version
Can thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
American Standard Version
Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion?
Amplified
“Can you bind the chains of [the cluster of stars called] Pleiades,
Or loose the cords of [the constellation] Orion?
Bible in Basic English
Are the bands of the Pleiades fixed by you, or are the cords of Orion made loose?
Darby Translation
Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
Julia Smith Translation
Wilt thou bind the bands of the cluster, or wilt thou open the cords of Orion?
King James 2000
Can you bind the cluster of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Can you bind [the] chains of [the] Pleiades, or can you loosen [the] cords of Orion?
Modern King James verseion
Can you bind the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Hast thou brought the seven stars together? Or art thou able to loose the bands of Orion?
New Heart English Bible
"Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
The Emphasized Bible
Canst thou bind the fetters of the Pleiades? Or, the bands of Orion, canst thou unloose?
Webster
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
World English Bible
"Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
Youngs Literal Translation
Dost thou bind sweet influences of Kimah? Or the attractions of Kesil dost thou open?
Topics
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 38:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Interrogates Job
30 when the waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen solid? 31 Can you tie the bands of the Pleiades, or release the cords of Orion? 32 Can you lead out the constellations in their seasons, or guide the Bear with its cubs?
Cross References
Job 9:9
he makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the constellations of the southern sky;
Amos 5:8
(But there is one who made the constellations Pleiades and Orion; he can turn the darkness into morning and daylight into night. He summons the water of the seas and pours it out on the earth's surface. The Lord is his name!