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Job: How Can I Contend with God?

Job 9:9

In 11 translations

BSB
He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
KJV
Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.Arcturus…: Heb. Ash, Cesil, and Cimah
WEB
He makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the rooms of the south.
ASV
That maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;
LSV
Making the Great Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, || And the inner chambers of the south.
YLT
Making Osh, Kesil, and Kimah, And the inner chambers of the south.
DBY
Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;
DRC
Who maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and Hyades, and the inner parts of the south.
GNV
He maketh the starres Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the climates of the South.
JPS
Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
LXXE
Who makes Pleias, and Hesperus, and Arcturus, and the chambers of the south.

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Original-language editions

WLC
עֹֽשֶׂה־עָ֭שׁ כְּסִ֥יל וְכִימָ֗ה וְחַדְרֵ֥י תֵמָֽן׃
LXX-Br
Ὁ ποιῶν Πλειάδα καὶ Ἕσπερον καὶ Ἀρκτοῦρον, καὶ ταμεῖα Νότου·

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Amos 5:8He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth— the LORD is His name—
  • Genesis 1:16God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.
  • Job 38:31–41Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion? Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs? Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their…
  • Psalms 147:4He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name.
  • Psalms 104:13He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works.
  • Acts 28:13From there we weighed anchor and came to Rhegium. After one day, a south wind came up, and on the second day we arrived at Puteoli.
  • Job 37:9The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
  • Psalms 104:3laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.

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