Job 38:31
Canst thou bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
In Context
30The waters are congealed like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
32Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her sons?
Cross References
Job 9:9Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
Amos 5:8Him that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, and bringeth on the shadow of death in the morning, and darkeneth the day into night; that calleth for 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 →