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-flies tangled in a silver braid.” The context, however, of “the bands of Orion” seems rather to favour the other view. “Canst thou regulate the influences exerted by these several constellations in either direction of increase or diminution?”