Job 38:32 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? 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 supposes it to mean that pestilential wind in Arabia, called simoom, the season of which is the summer heats.

Job 38:32

32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzarothg in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?