Job 38:32
Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Job 38:32 in other translations
| BSB | Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs? |
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| WEB | Can you lead the constellations out in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs? |
| ASV | Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her train? |
| YLT | Dost thou bring out Mazzaroth in its season? And Aysh for her sons dost thou comfort? |
| DARBY | Dost thou bring forth the constellations each in its season? or dost thou guide the Bear with her sons? |
| BBE | Do you make Mazzaroth come out in its right time, or are the Bear and its children guided by you? |
| Webster | Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in its season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with its sons? |
What does Job 38:32 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 38:19-38
19-38. The marvels in heaven. "What is the way (to the place wherein) light dwelleth?" The origin of light and darkness. In Ge 1:3-5, 14-18, "light" is created distinct from, and previous to, light-emitting bodies, the luminaries of heaven.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 38:25-41
Hitherto God had put questions to Job to show him his ignorance; now God shows his weakness. As it is but little that he knows, he ought not to arraign the Divine counsels; it is but little he can do, therefore he ought not to oppose the ways of Providence. See the all-sufficiency of the Divine Providence; it has wherewithal to satisfy the desire of every living thing. And he that takes care of the young ravens…
Job 38:32 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 38:32
- Job 38:31
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
- 2 Kings 23:5
And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
- Job 9:9
Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
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Context
- Job 38:31
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
- Job 38:32
Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
- Job 38:33
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
Job 38:32 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Sacarás tú á su tiempo los signos de los cielos, ó guiarás el Arcturo con sus hijos? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Fais-tu sortir les signes du zodiaque en leurs saisons, et mènes-tu la grande Ourse avec ses filles? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Kannst du die Bilder des Tierkreises hervortreten lassen zu ihrer Zeit, und den großen Bären leiten samt seinen Kindern? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Numquid producis luciferum in tempore suo, et vesperum super filios terræ consurgere facis? |