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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 38:32

Render, 'Canst thou lead forth the signs of the zodiac in the season? 'i.e. Can you influence their appearing? The zodiacal signs were known 3,000 years b.c. (The zodiac is that part of the sky which includes the apparent paths of the sun, moon, and planets. The 'signs' are the divisions of 30 degrees into which, for astronomical and other purposes, it is divided.) Arcturus with his sons] or, 'the Bear over her sons,' i.e. the revolution of the Bear round the Pole and Little Bear.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 38:32. _MAZZAROTH IN HIS SEASON?_] This is generally understood to mean the _signs of the zodiac_. מזרות Mazzaroth, according to Parkhurst, comes from מזר _mazar_, to _corrupt_; and he suppo...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    CANST THOU BRING FORTH MAZZAROTH IN HIS SEASON? - Margin, “the twelve signs;” that is, the twelve signs of the zodiac. There has been much diversity of opinion about the meaning of this word. It occur...

  • 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

    MAZZAROTLI. the twelve signs of the Zodiac marking the path of the sun in the heavens. App-12. Arcturus. Hebrew. _'ayish_ the greater sheepfold: known to day as "the great bear". See App-12....

  • 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

    _canst thou bring forth_ Rather, DOST THOU …? and similarly, DOST THOU GUIDE? The meaning of _Mazzaroth_is uncertain. The word has been supposed to be another form of _Mazzaloth_, 2 Kings 23:5, which...

  • 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

    The wonders of the heavens....

  • 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 BRING FORTH MAZZAROTH IN HIS SEASON? OR CANST THOU GUIDE ARCTURUS WITH HIS SONS?_ Canst thou bring forth (into the sky) the signs of the Zodiac at their respective seasons-the twelve lodgi...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    MAZZAROTH is commonly understood to mean the signs of the Zodiac, and by the children of Arc-turus the three stars in the tail of Ursa Major....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הֲ תֹצִ֣יא מַזָּרֹ֣ות בְּ עִתֹּ֑ו וְ֝ עַ֗יִשׁ

  • 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 bring forth (s) Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide (t) Arcturus with his sons? (s) Certain stars so called, some think they were the twelve signs. (t) The north star with those...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Day-star. Hebrew mazzaroth, (Haydock) corresponds with the "inner parts of the south;" (chap. ix. 9) though some translate, "the signs of the zodiac, or the influences," &c. The antarctic constellatio...

  • 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 BRING FORTH MAZZAROTH IN HIS SEASON?.... Which are thought to be the same with "the chambers of the south", Job 9:9; the southern pole m with its stars, signified by chambers, because hidde...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? Ver. 32. _Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth?_] Or, the twelve signs; or the southern stars that bring in sum...

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

    _Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth?_ Namely, into view? Canst thou make the stars in the southern signs arise and appear? _Or canst thou guide Arcturus?_ A northern constellation; _with his sons?_ The...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth, a very bright constellation, IN HIS SEASON? OR CANST THOU GUIDE ARCTURUS, the Great Bear of the northern sky, WITH HIS SONS?...

  • 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)

    MAZZAROTH: Or, the twelve signs GUIDE: _ Heb._ guide them...

  • 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

    CANST THOU BRING FORTH to wit, into view? canst thou make him to arise and appear in thy hemisphere? MAZZAROTH; by which he designs either, 1. All the constellations, and especially the twelve sign o...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 38:32 out H3318 (H8686) Mazzaroth H4216 season H6256 guide H5148 (H8686) Bear H5906 cubs H1121 Mazzaro

  • 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 guide Arcturus with his sons?_ THE FOURTH “CANST” To perceive what we can do, on the one hand, and what we cannot do, on the other, is to hold the key of success. Canst thou? The oft-repe...

  • The children's great texts of the Bible by James Hastings

    POINTERS The Bear with her train. Job 38:32 We all know a pointer when we see it, don't we? It is a long slender piece of wood which our teachers use to show us places on the map, or point out words...

  • 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

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • 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

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Bring forth — Canst thou make the stars in the southern signs arise and appear? Arcturus — Those in the northern. His sons — The lesser stars, which are placed round about them; and attend upon them,...

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