Job 38:31
Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, Or loosen the chains of Orion?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
In Context
30The waters are hid as under stone, And the face of the deep becometh solid.
32Canst thou lead forth the Signs in their season, Or guide the Bear with her sons?
Cross References
Job 9:9He made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the secret chambers of the South.
Amos 5:8Seek him, that made the Pleiades and Orion; That changeth death-like darkness into morning, And darkeneth day into night; That calleth up the waters of the sea, And poureth them out upon the face of the earth; Jehovah 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 →