Job 38:31

Canst thou bind together the chains of the Pleiades, or loosen the bands of Orion?

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

30[When] like a stone the waters are congealed, and the face of the deep is bound in fetters?

32Canst thou bring forth the constellations of the zodiac, each in its season? or canst thou guide the Bear with its young?

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Cross References

Job 9:9Who made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers the south;

Amos 5:8[But] he maketh the seven stars and Orion, and changeth into morning the shadow of death, and maketh the day dark into night; he it is that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth 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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