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Job 38:31 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Canst thou bind
qashar (Hebrew #7194)
a primitive root: to tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league)
KJV usage: bind (up), (make a) conspire(-acy, -ator), join together, knit, stronger, work (treason).
Pronounce: kaw-shar'
the sweet influences
ma`adannah (Hebrew #4575)
a bond, i.e. group
KJV usage: influence.
Pronounce: mah-ad-an-naw'
Origin: by transitive from 6029
of ξPleiades
Kiymah (Hebrew #3598)
a cluster of stars, i.e. the Pleiades
KJV usage: Pleiades, seven stars.
Pronounce: kee-maw'
Origin: from the same as 3558
g, or loose
pathach (Hebrew #6605)
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
KJV usage: appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-)grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.
Pronounce: paw-thakh'
Origin: a primitive root
the bands
mowshkah (Hebrew #4189)
something drawing, i.e. (figuratively) a cord
KJV usage: band.
Pronounce: mo-shek-aw'
Origin: act participle feminine of 4900
of ζOrion
Kciyl (Hebrew #3685)
any notable constellation; specifically Orion (as if a burly one)
KJV usage: constellation, Orion.
Pronounce: kes-eel'
Origin: the same as 3684
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Job 9:9• 9Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. (Job 9:9)
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Amos 5:8• 8Seek 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: (Amos 5:8)
ξ
Cimah, or, the seven stars.
ζ
Cesil.

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Constellations,
Orion,
Pleiades

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Pleiades.
or, the seven stars.
Heb. Cimah.
Job 9:9• 9Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. (Job 9:9)
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Job 9•  (Job 9)
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Amos 5:8• 8Seek 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: (Amos 5:8)
Orion.
or, Cesil.
• The heavenly bodies (vers. 31-33). (“Job 38-42:6” by S. Ridout)
• Others point out that Pleiades is the constellation that belongs to the Spring, as Orion to the Winter. To loose the bands of the latter would be to break up the Winter, as binding the sweet influences of the former would be to delay the Spring. Canst thou hinder the coming of Spring, or cause Winter to come to an end? (“Job 38-42:6” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?