He is the Maker(A) of the Bear[a] and Orion,
    the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:9 Or of Leo

He who made the Pleiades and Orion,(A)
    who turns midnight into dawn(B)
    and darkens day into night,(C)
who calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out over the face of the land—
    the Lord is his name.(D)

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31 “Can you bind the chains[a] of the Pleiades?
    Can you loosen Orion’s belt?(A)
32 Can you bring forth the constellations(B) in their seasons[b]
    or lead out the Bear[c] with its cubs?(C)
33 Do you know the laws(D) of the heavens?(E)
    Can you set up God’s[d] dominion over the earth?

34 “Can you raise your voice to the clouds
    and cover yourself with a flood of water?(F)
35 Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?(G)
    Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 Who gives the ibis wisdom[e](H)
    or gives the rooster understanding?[f](I)
37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?
    Who can tip over the water jars(J) of the heavens(K)
38 when the dust becomes hard(L)
    and the clods of earth stick together?(M)

39 “Do you hunt the prey for the lioness
    and satisfy the hunger of the lions(N)
40 when they crouch in their dens(O)
    or lie in wait in a thicket?(P)
41 Who provides food(Q) for the raven(R)
    when its young cry out to God
    and wander about for lack of food?(S)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:31 Septuagint; Hebrew beauty
  2. Job 38:32 Or the morning star in its season
  3. Job 38:32 Or out Leo
  4. Job 38:33 Or their
  5. Job 38:36 That is, wisdom about the flooding of the Nile
  6. Job 38:36 That is, understanding of when to crow; the meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.

He determines the number of the stars(A)
    and calls them each by name.

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13 From there we set sail and arrived at Rhegium. The next day the south wind came up, and on the following day we reached Puteoli.

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13 He waters the mountains(A) from his upper chambers;(B)
    the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.(C)

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    and lays the beams(A) of his upper chambers on their waters.(B)
He makes the clouds(C) his chariot(D)
    and rides on the wings of the wind.(E)

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The tempest comes out from its chamber,(A)
    the cold from the driving winds.(B)

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