Job

Job 38:31–35

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?

³³Do you know the laws of the heavens?

Can you set their dominion over the earth?

³⁴Can you command the clouds

so that a flood of water covers you?

³⁵Can you send the lightning bolts on their way?

Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?

Footnotes

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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

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Do you know	הֲ֭יָדַעְתָּ	hă·yā·ḏa‘·tā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H3045 know
the laws	חֻקּ֣וֹת	ḥuq·qō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H2708 something prescribed, enactment, statute
of the heavens	שָׁמָ֑יִם	šā·mā·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
Can you set	תָּשִׂ֖ים	tā·śîm	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H7760 put, place, set
their dominion	מִשְׁטָר֣וֹ	miš·ṭā·rōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H4896 rule, authority
over the earth	בָאָֽרֶץ׃	ḇā·’ā·reṣ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Can you command	הֲתָרִ֣ים	hă·ṯā·rîm	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H7311 be high, exalted, rise
the clouds	לָעָ֣ב	lā·‘āḇ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - common singular	H5645 dark cloud, cloud-mass, thicket
so that a flood	וְֽשִׁפְעַת־	wə·šip̄·‘aṯ-	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct	H8229 abundance, quantity
of water	מַ֥יִם	ma·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine
covers you	תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃	tə·ḵas·se·kā	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; second person masculine singular	H3680 cover

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Can you send	הַֽתְשַׁלַּ֣ח	haṯ·šal·laḥ	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H7971 send
the lightning bolts	בְּרָקִ֣ים	bə·rā·qîm	Noun - masculine plural	H1300 lightning
on their way	וְיֵלֵ֑כוּ	wə·yê·lê·ḵū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1980 go, come, walk
Do they report	וְיֹאמְר֖וּ	wə·yō·mə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
to you	לְךָ֣	lə·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular
Here we are	הִנֵּֽנוּ׃	hin·nê·nū	Interjection; first person common plural	H2005 lo! behold

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

Job 38:33 Jeremiah 31:35–36 · Genesis 8:22 · Psalm 148:6 · Genesis 1:16 · Job 38:12–13 · Jeremiah 33:25 · Psalm 119:90–91

Job 38:34 Job 22:11 · Amos 5:8 · Job 36:27–28 · James 5:18 · Zechariah 10:1 · 1 Samuel 12:18

Job 38:35 Job 36:32 · Job 37:3

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.