Job 38:31

Shalt thou be able to join together the shining stars the Pleiades, or canst thou stop the turning about of Arcturus?

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 like a stone, and the surface of the deep is congealed.

32Canst thou bring forth the day star in its time, and make the evening star to rise upon the children of the earth?

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Cross References

Job 9:9Who maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and Hyades, and the inner parts of the south.

Amos 5:8Seek him that maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and that turneth darkness into morning, and that changeth day into night: that calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon 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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