moon, and to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven. The Septuagint, however, uses the transliteration mazzaroth (μαζουρωθ) again at this point. Translation The word is traditionally (following LXX) left untranslated (ABC, ACV, AKJ, ASV, BBE, BIB, ESV, GNV, HNV, JPS, K21, KJG, KJR, KJV, NAB, NKJ, NRS, NWT, RSV, RWB, TMB, TNK, UPD, WEB, YLT, LXE, ZIK), but some modern English Bible translations render it as "zodiac" (AMP, CJB, EMP, LEE); others have "constellations" (CJB, CSB, DBY, NET, ERV, GWN, LEE, LIT, MKJ, NAS, NAU, NIB, NIV, TNV, WEV) or "stars" (CEV, NCB, NIR, NLV, TEV). But as the Latin Vulgate renders the word as "luciferum", there are alternative English translations as "morning star" (CVB, TRC, furthermore Luther's 1545 German translation as Morgenstern also means "morning star"; (DRA); "Venus" (MSG); "Crown season" (NJB); "sequence of seasons" (NLT); "Lucifer, 'that is, dai sterre (day star)" (Wycliffe's Bible). WES gives "stars in the southern signs". Translators' Notes given in individual translations are: Geneva: Certain stars so called, some think they were the twelve signs. KJV/KGB: {Mazzaroth: or, the twelve signs} NAS/NAU: perh. "a constellation" NET: The word מַּזָּלֹות; (mazzarot) is taken by some to refer to the constellations (see 2 Kings 23:5), and by others as connected to the word for "crown," and so "corona." NIB/NIV: {32 Or the morning star in its season} The Targum renders the translation as "guards of the mazalot". Rashi clarifies mazzarot as "all the gates of the mazalot". See also Biblical names of stars Christian views on astrology Hebrew astronomy Jewish astrology Jewish views on astrology References External links The Gospel Message—Written in the Stars?, Danny Faulkner, Answers Research Journal, February 6, 2013 Hebrew words and phrases in the Hebrew Bible History of astrology