762 B
762 B
Yahweh continues to challenge Job.
Can you fasten chains...over the earth
Yahweh uses these questions to emphasize that Job does not know how to control the stars. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
fasten chains
"bind the chains" or "tie the bonds"
Pleiades...Orion...Bear
These are the names of constellations. See how you translated them in Job 9:7.
undo the cords of Orion
"break the cords that hold Orion"
the constellations
This refers to the twelve different constellation that appear behind the sun as it sets. A different constellation appears behind the sun each month.
to appear at their proper times
"so that they appear at the right time"
its children
"its cubs"