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Job 38:31
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29 From whose womb comes the ice?
And the afrost of heaven, who gives it birth? 
30 The waters harden like stone,
And the surface of the deep is afrozen. 
31 “Can you bind the cluster of the aPleiades,
Or loose the belt of Orion? 
32 Can you bring out1 Mazzaroth in its season?
Or can you guide1 the Great Bear with its cubs? 
33 Do you know athe ordinances of the heavens?
Can you set their dominion over the earth? 
34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
That an abundance of water may cover you?
35 Can you send out lightnings, that they may go,
And say to you, ‘Here we are!’?
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Job 38:31

sweet influences—the joy diffused by spring, the time when the Pleiades appear. The Eastern poets, Hafiz, Sadi, etc., describe them as "brilliant rosettes." GESENIUS translates: "bands" or "knot," which answers better the parallelism. But English Version agrees better with the Hebrew. The seven stars are closely "bound" together (see on Job 9:9). "Canst thou bind or loose the tie?" "Canst thou loose the bonds by which the constellation Orion (represented in the East as an impious giant chained to the sky) is held fast?" (See on Job 9:9).



Job 38:19-38

The marvels in heaven. "What is the way (to the place wherein) light dwelleth?" The origin of light and darkness. In Genesis 1:3-5, Genesis 1:14-18, "light" is created distinct from, and previous to, light-emitting bodies, the luminaries of heaven.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 38:31:

Job 9:9
Isaiah 13:10
Isaiah 37:37
Amos 5:8

 

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