10/13/2026
When one looks at the constellations of Orion and the Pleiades, we see a nice group of stars. Most people would not think much further than that.
However, the Bible in the book of Job chapter 38 verse 31 (which was written 2,500 years ago) reveals two different characteristics about these constellations that astronomers discovered only in the last century.
In Job 38:31, God is expressing to Job how powerful He is- as revealed in His creation. Speaking to Job, God says, “Can you bind the beautiful Pleiades? Can you loose the cords of Orion?”
Why did God use this terminology?
It turns out that both constellations are distinct from each other.
The stars of the Pleiades are relatively close to each other and move through space or are linked together. In other words, they ‘bind’ together.
The stars of Orion do not belong together; they are completely isolated stars which are at different distances from each other. Even though Orion makes a lovely constellation from our point of view, the stars are ‘loose’.
It is rather striking that in referring to the Pleiades and Orion, the Bible uses the two verbs bind and loose to describe them. The verse depicts perfectly what we have detected,… and why not, after all God is the one who created them.
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