Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Go for help to him who makes Orion and the Pleiades, by whom the deep dark is turned into morning, who makes the day black with night; whose voice goes out to the waters of the sea, sending them out over the face of the earth: the Lord is his name;

New American Standard Bible

He who made the Pleiades and Orion
And changes deep darkness into morning,
Who also darkens day into night,
Who calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the surface of the earth,
The Lord is His name.

King James Version

Seek 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:

Holman Bible

The One 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 out over the face of the earth
Yahweh is His name.

International Standard Version

Seek the one who fashions the Pleiades and Orion, who turns the deep darkness into morning, who darkens day into night, who calls out to the waters of the sea, pouring them out onto the surface of the earth the LORD is his name.

A Conservative Version

[seek him] who makes the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night, who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth (LORD is his name),

American Standard Version

seek him that maketh the Pleiades 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 (Jehovah is his name);

Amplified


He who made the [cluster of stars called] Pleiades and [the constellation] Orion,
Who turns deep darkness into the morning
And darkens the day into night,
Who calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the surface of the earth,
The Lord is His name.

Darby Translation

seek him that made the Pleiades 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: Jehovah is his name.

Julia Smith Translation

He made the seven stars and Orion, and he turned the shadow of death to the morning, and he darkened the day to night: calling to the water of the sea, and he will pour them out upon the face of the earth: Jehovah his name:

King James 2000

Seek him that makes the seven stars and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night: that calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:

Lexham Expanded Bible

The one who made the Pleiades and Orion and who turns deep darkness into the morning and darkens day [into] night, the one who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh [is] his name!

Modern King James verseion

seek Him who created the Pleiades and Orion, and who turned the deep darkness into the morning and He darkened the day into night. Seek Him who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the face of the earth; Jehovah is His name;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into 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.

NET Bible

(But there is one who made the constellations Pleiades and Orion; he can turn the darkness into morning and daylight into night. He summons the water of the seas and pours it out on the earth's surface. The Lord is his name!

New Heart English Bible

seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, the LORD is his name,

The Emphasized Bible

Seek him who made the Cluster and the Giant, and turneth, into morning, the shadow of death, and who, day into night, doth darken, Him who calleth to the waters of the sea, and poureth them out on the face of the land, Yahweh, is his name:

Webster

Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shades 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: JEHOVAH is his name:

World English Bible

seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name,

Youngs Literal Translation

The maker of Kimah and Kesil, And the turner to morning of death-shade, And day as night He hath made dark, Who is calling to the waters of the sea, And poureth them on the face of the earth, Jehovah is His name;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the seven stars
כּימה 
Kiymah 
Usage: 3

and Orion
כּסיל 
K@ciyl 
Usage: 4

the shadow of death
צלמות 
Tsalmaveth 
Usage: 18

בּקר 
Boqer 
Usage: 214

and maketh the day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

חשׁך 
Chashak 
Usage: 17

with night
לילה ליל ליל 
Layil 
Usage: 233

קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

of the sea
ים 
Yam 
Usage: 396

שׁפך 
Shaphak 
Usage: 115

upon the face
פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

of the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

The Lord

Usage: 0

Context Readings

A Lament And Call To Repentance

7 You who make the work of judging a bitter thing, crushing down righteousness to the earth; 8 Go for help to him who makes Orion and the Pleiades, by whom the deep dark is turned into morning, who makes the day black with night; whose voice goes out to the waters of the sea, sending them out over the face of the earth: the Lord is his name; 9 Who sends sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the walled town.



Cross References

Amos 4:13

For see, he who gave form to the mountains and made the wind, giving knowledge of his purpose to man, who makes the morning dark, and is walking on the high places of the earth: the Lord, the God of armies, is his name.

Job 9:9

Who made the Bear and Orion, and the Pleiades, and the store-houses of the south:

Psalm 104:20

When you make it dark, it is night, when all the beasts of the woods come quietly out of their secret places.

Amos 8:9

And it will come about in that day, says the Lord God, that I will make the sun go down in the middle of the day, and I will make the earth dark in daylight:

Amos 9:6

It is he who makes his rooms in the heaven, basing his arch on the earth; whose voice goes out to the waters of the sea, and sends them flowing over the face of the earth; the Lord is his name.

Job 12:22

Uncovering deep things out of the dark, and making the deep shade bright;

Genesis 7:11-20

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep came bursting through, and the windows of heaven were open;

Exodus 10:21-23

And the Lord said to Moses, Let your hand be stretched out to heaven, and all the land of Egypt will be dark, so that men will be feeling their way about in the dark.

Exodus 14:24-28

And in the morning watch, the Lord, looking out on the armies of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, sent trouble on the army of the Egyptians;

1 Kings 18:44-45

And the seventh time he said, I see a cloud coming up out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. Then he said, Go up and say to Ahab, Get your carriage ready and go down or the rain will keep you back.

Job 37:13

For a rod, or for a curse, or for mercy, causing it to come on the mark.

Job 38:12-13

Have you, from your earliest days, given orders to the morning, or made the dawn conscious of its place;

Job 38:31-32

Are the bands of the Pleiades fixed by you, or are the cords of Orion made loose?

Job 38:34

Is your voice sent up to the cloud, so that you may be covered by the weight of waters?

Psalm 104:6-9

Covering it with the sea as with a robe: the waters were high over the mountains;

Psalm 105:28

He sent black night and made it dark; and they did not go against his word.

Psalm 107:10-14

Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;

Isaiah 42:16

And I will take the blind by a way of which they had no knowledge, guiding them by roads strange to them: I will make the dark places light before them, and the rough places level. These things will I do and will not give them up.

Isaiah 59:10

We go on our way, like blind men feeling for the wall, even like those who have no eyes: we are running against things in daylight as if it was evening; our place is in the dark like dead men.

Matthew 4:16

The people who were in the dark saw a great light, and to those in the land of the shade of death did the dawn come up.

Luke 1:79

To give light to those in dark places, and in the shade of death, so that our feet may be guided into the way of peace.

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