Job 38:31 KJV — MannaFest

Job 38:31

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

KJV

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ASV

Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion?

WEB

Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?

YLT

Dost thou bind sweet influences of Kimah? Or the attractions of Kesil dost thou open?

DBT

Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?

About this book

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Job — The canonical wisdom-literature interrogation of undeserved suffering. A prose frame enclosing three cycles of dialogue, a late Elihu interrupt, and a whirlwind theophany that does not answer the question — it relativizes it.

Author: Anonymous. Talmudic tradition names Moses (Bava Batra 14b); internal features (patriarchal setting, no Mosaic Law reference, Job sacrificing as family head, *qesitah* currency of Gen 33:19) suggest patriarchal-era composition or at least tradition-origin.
Date: Traditional: patriarchal period, c. 2000–1800 BC. Critical proposals scatter across pre-exilic to post-exilic. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer takes the position.

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MazzarothPrimary anchor — Mazzaroth named by God to Job.

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5 verses on the floor

Amos 5:8
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:
Job 9:9
Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
Genesis 1:14
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
Job 38:32
Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Job 37:17
How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

The sense is, who was it that built this goodly fabrick, and established it so firmly that it cannot be moved. Stars - The angels, who may well be called morning-stars, because of their excellent lustre and glory. Sons of God - The angels called the sons of God, because they had their whole being from him, and because they were made partakers of his Divine and glorious image.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

), not theirs that are instrumental to produce the pleasures of the spring: Canst thou loose the bands of Orion? --that magnificent constellation which makes so great a figure (none greater), and dispenses rough and unpleasing influences, which we cannot control nor repel.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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H719444× in canon H6605144× in canon H176321× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

JOB 38:31AMO 5:8 AMO 4:13
JOB 38:31AMO 5:8 JOB 9:9
JOB 38:31JOB 9:9 AMO 5:8
JOB 38:31AMO 5:8 AMO 9:6
JOB 38:31AMO 5:8 AMO 8:9
JOB 38:31AMO 5:8 PSA 104:20
JOB 38:31JOB 9:9 JOB 38:31-41
JOB 38:31JOB 9:9 GEN 1:16

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