Job 38:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Job 38:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 ren...
Job 38:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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.
Job 38:31 - 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 (...
Job 38:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Pleiades. Hebrew. kimah. See App-12. Orion. Hebrew kesil. App-12.
Job 38:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades - The Pleiades are a constellation in the sign Taurus. They consist of...
Job 38:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades— See the note on chap. Job 9:9 .
Job 38:31 - 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] -...
Job 38:31 - 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 forc...
Job 38:31 - 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-fl...
Job 38:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XXVII. "MUSIC IN THE BOUNDS OF LAW" Job 38:1-41 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...
Job 38:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

What Man Cannot Do Job 38:19-41 In this chapter a number of nature-pictures pass before us. These include the creation of the earth, Job 38:4-7 ; the sea, Job 38:8-11 ; light, Job 38:12-15 ;...
Job 38:31 - 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 challe...
Job 38:31 - 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?...
Job 38:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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 wo...
Job 38:31 - 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...
Job 38:31 - 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 the...
Job 38:31 - L. 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 wh...
Job 38:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

God's Sovereign Dominion and Goodness. B. C. 1520. 25 Who hath divided a watercourse f...
Job 38:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy 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 influenc...
Job 38:31 - 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 thund...
Job 38:31 - 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...
Job 38:31 - 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...
Job 38:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 (...
Job 38:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's Majesty in the Wonders above the Earth
Job 38:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 5:8 ; Job 9:9
Job 38:31 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

God Speaks to Job Job 38:1-41 to Job 42:1-17 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...
Job 38:31 - 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 —...

Job 38:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 38:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 38:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 38:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Job 38:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 38:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 38:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 38:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 38:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 38:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 38:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 38:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 38:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 38:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 38:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 38:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 38:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 38:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 38:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 38:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 38:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 38:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 38:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 38:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 38:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 38:31 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Job 38:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes