Job

Job 38:31–32

³¹Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades

or loosen the belt of Orion?

³²Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons^e

or lead out the Bear^f and her cubs?

Footnotes

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Can you bind	הַֽ֭תְקַשֵּׁר	haṯ·qaš·šêr	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H7194 bind, league together, conspire
the chains	מַעֲדַנּ֣וֹת	ma·‘ă·ḏan·nō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H4575 bond, group
of the Pleiades	כִּימָ֑ה	kî·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H3598 Pleiades
or	אֽוֹ־	’ōw-	Conjunction	H176 or
loosen	תְּפַתֵּֽחַ׃	tə·p̄at·tê·aḥ	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H6605 open
the belt	מֹשְׁכ֖וֹת	mō·šə·ḵō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H4189 drawing, cord
of Orion	כְּסִ֣יל	kə·sîl	Noun - masculine singular	H3685 Orion

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Can you bring forth	הֲתֹצִ֣יא	hă·ṯō·ṣî	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H3318 go or come out
the constellations	מַזָּר֣וֹת	maz·zā·rō·wṯ	Noun - masculine plural	H4216 some noted constellation, zodiac
in their seasons	בְּעִתּ֑וֹ	bə·‘it·tōw	Preposition-b; Noun - common singular construct; third person masculine singular	H6256 time
or lead out	תַנְחֵֽם׃	ṯan·ḥêm	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H5148 lead, guide
the Bear	וְ֝עַ֗יִשׁ	wə·‘a·yiš	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H5906 Great Bear
and	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
her cubs	בָּנֶ֥יהָ	bā·ne·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H1121 son

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 38:31 Amos 5:8 · Job 9:9

Job 38:32 Job 38:31

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.