Job 38:31

Will you have the strength to join together the sparkling stars of the Pleiades, or are you able to disperse the circling of Arcturus?

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In The King James Version

Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

In Context

30The waters are hardened to become like stone, and the surface of the abyss freezes over.

32Can you bring forth the morning star, in its time, and make the evening star rise over the sons of the earth?

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Cross References

Job 9:9He fashions Arcturus, and Orion, and Hyades, and the interior of the south.

Amos 5:8The Maker of Arcturus and Orion, who turns darkness into daybreak and who changes day into night; who calls forth the waters of the sea and who pours them out over the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.

Matthew Henry on Job 38:26-41

God's Sovereign Dominion and Goodness. ( b. c. 1520.) 25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; 26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; 27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? 28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? 29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? 30 The… Read the whole commentary →

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