Job 9:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

Arcturus. Hebrew. 'ash.. name still connected with "the Great Bear" (the more ancient name being "the greater sheepfold": Arab, al naish, the assembled (as in. fold). See Job 38:31; Job 38:32, and App-12.

Orion. Hebrew. kesil. Compare Job 38:31.Amos 5:8. A strong one, or the coming prince. See App-12.

Pleiades. Hebrew. kimah. the congregation of the judge. See Job 38:31; Job 38:32.Amos 5:8, and App-12. A constellation in the neck of Taurus.

chambers of the south: i.e. the [hidden] recesses, or the invisible spaces; on the latitude of Job's residence.

Job 9:9

9 Which maketh Arcturus,b Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.