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Job 38:31

Job knew that God had made the constellations, Pleiades, Orion, and the Bear (the big dipper), but where God showed Job his impotence was by asking if he were able to hold together. cluster of stars or loosen them. Notice the expressions "lead forth" and "guide" in verse 32. "The Pleiades appear in the spring and thus herald the advent of that joyous season; Orion is visible in late October and so announces the coming of winter. The question is, therefore, does Job have the power to alter the seasonal changes?" (Jackson p. 81).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 38:31. _CANST THOU BIND THE SWEET INFLUENCES OF PLEIADES_] The _Pleiades_ are a constellation in the sign _Taurus_. They consist of _six stars_ visible to the naked eye; to a good eye, in a...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    CANST THOU BIND THE SWEET INFLUENCES OF PLEIADES? - The seven stars. On the meaning of the word used here (כימה _kı̂ymâh_), see the notes at Job 9:9. In regard to the meaning of the word rendered “sw...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    V. THE LORD'S TESTIMONY TO JOB AND CONTROVERSY WITH HIM CHAPTER 38:1-38 _ 1. The Lord speaks to Job (Job 38:1)_ 2. The questions of the Lord (Job 38:4) Job 38:1. The voice of man is hushed; the voi...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE WONDERS OF THE INANIMATE CREATION. Where was Job when the earth was made? The work of creation is described as the building of a house. In Job 38:7 the stars, which are older than the world (contr...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    PLEIADES. Hebrew. _kimah._ See App-12. ORION. Hebrew kesil. App-12....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _canst thou bind_ Rather, DOST thou bind? The questions addressed to Job, throughout the chapter, mean in general, Is it he that effects what is observed to be done? not, Can he undo what is done, or...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The direction of the regular movements of the heavens, and their influence upon the earth....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    A survey of the inanimate creation, the wonders of earth and sky the earth, Job 38:4; the heavens, Job 38:18...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The wonders of the heavens....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    CANST THOU BIND THE SWEET INFLUENCES OF PLEIADES— See the note on chap. Job 9:9....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _THE SHATTERING OF SILENCE_ VI. THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND THE PENITENCE OF JOB (Job 38:1, Job 42:6) A. INTEGRITY, CERTAINTY, AND KNOWLEDGE (Job 38:1, Job 40:2) 1.

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _CANST THOU BIND THE SWEET INFLUENCES OF PLEIADES, OR LOOSE THE BANDS OF ORION?_ Sweet influences, х_ MA`ªDANOWT_ (H4575), from _ `AADAN_ (H6029), to be delightful; whence comes Eden] - the joy diffu...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FIRST SPEECH OF THE ALMIGHTY (JOB 38:39) The marvels of creation, which witness to the infinite wisdom, power, and watchful care of the Creator, are presented to Job in such a way as to force fro...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Ancient people used to watch the stars for important reasons. The stars are like a calendar, because different stars appear in each season. And the stars also helped travellers to work out the correct...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 38 GOD BEGINS HIS SPEECH...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE SWEET INFLUENCES. — With reference to their supposed effect on weather and the like, or perhaps the word means _chain_ or _band,_ with allusion to their group — “Glitter like a swarm of fire-flies...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הַֽ֭ תְקַשֵּׁר מַעֲדַנֹּ֣ות כִּימָ֑ה אֹֽו ־מֹשְׁכֹ֖ות...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XXVII. "MUSIC IN THE BOUNDS OF LAW" Job 38:1 OVER the shadowed life of Job, and the world shadowed for him by his own intellectual and moral gloom, a storm sweeps, and from the storm issues a voice....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    WHAT MAN CANNOT DO Job 38:19 In this chapter a number of nature-pictures pass before us. These include the creation of the earth, Job 38:4; the sea, Job 38:8; light,...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here begins the third movement in the great drama, that which deals with the controversy between Jehovah and Job. Out of the midst of the whirlwind the divine voice speaks. Its first word is a challen...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Canst thou bind the sweet influences (q) of Pleiades, or loose the bands of (r) Orion? (q) Which rise when the sun is in Taurus, which is the spring, and brings flowers. (r) Which comes in winter....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Pleiades. The seven stars. --- Arcturus. A bright star in the north. (Challoner) --- The same terms occur, and are explained, chap. ix. 9. (Haydock)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (4) В¶ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. (5) Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? ...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    God Speaks Job Repents I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week we covered a lot of territory! 1. We finished with Elihu's speeches to Job and found that, although he was a lot more accurate in what he had to...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 38 THROUGH 42. Jehovah then speaks, and addressing Job, carries on the subject. He makes Job sensible of his nothingness. Job confesses himself to be vile, an...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    CANST THOU BIND THE SWEET INFLUENCES OF PLEIADES,.... Of which Job 9:9; and this constellation of the seven stars which is meant, rising in the spring, the pleasantnesses of the season, as the word ma...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Ver. 31. _Canst thou bind the sweet influences of the Pleiades_] That is, restrain the pleasantness of the spring, or as...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades?_ Generally understood of the seven stars, which, rising about the time of the vernal equinox, bring in the spring. Canst thou restrain or hinder thei...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, the band of that constellation of springtime, in the larger constellation of Taurus, OR LOOSE THE BANDS OF ORION, the cords which hold this constellat...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    God's Majesty in the Wonders above the Earth...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    Marvellously, God Himself directly intervenes in this discussion so early in the history of man. The storm that had been brewing as Elihu spoke becomes a whirlwind, and God spoke to Job out of the whi...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    PLEIADES?: Or, the seven stars. _Heb._ Cimah ORION?: _ Heb._ Cesil...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    25-41 Hitherto God had put questions to Job to show him his ignorance; now God shows his weakness. As it is but little that he knows, he ought not to arraign the Divine counsels; it is but little he...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    BIND, i.e. restrain or hinder them. Canst thou bind or shut up the earth when they open it? THE SWEET INFLUENCES; or, _the delights_; because this constellation by its benign and opening influences br...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 38:31 bind H7194 (H8762) cluster H4575 Pleiades H3598 loose H6605 (H8762) belt H4189 Orion H3685 Ple

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: God's challenge to Job. CHARACTERS: God, Job. CONCLUSION: Those who try to call God to account, will be called to account. Seeking to establish one's own character and darkening the counse...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 38:1. _The whirlwind._ Clouds and flames are the chariots of the Lord, in deigning to speak with men. When he spake to Elijah in Horeb, it was with wind, and fire, and earthquake. Likewise in Psal...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?_ LIGHT UNRESTRAINABLE Who can “bind” or “restrain” the light? The subject before us is the self-revealing power of the...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 38:12 The Lord reminds Job that he cannot see fully what the Lord is doing about justice and judgment (see vv. Job 38:13,...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 38:31 MAZZAROTH is a transliteration of an otherwise unknown Hebrew word. In the context, it must refer to one of the constellations. THE BEAR is also a constellation, as indicated by...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _JEHOVAH’S ADDRESS TO JOB_ Elihu had now said all he intended. Possibly interrupted by the storm which had been gathering during his speech. Out of the storm-cloud, from which already issued thunders...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    CLOSE OF THE CONTROVERSY BY THE INTERFERENCE OF THE ALMIGHTY. EXPOSITION The discourse, by which the Almighty answers Job and rebukes his "friends," occupies four chapters (ch. 38-41.). It is broken...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou m...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Amos 5:8; Job 9:9...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    GOD SPEAKS TO JOB Job 38:1 _to Job 42:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS God's words to Job do not carry much by way of the explanation of redemption. Job was a child of God, and well-instructed on those lines....

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Bind — Restrain or hinder them. Pleiades — The seven stars, which bring in the spring. Bands — By which it binds up the air and earth, by bringing storms of rain and hail or frost and snow. Orion — Th...

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