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Connecting Statement:
Yahweh continues to challenge Job.
Can you lead the constellations ... proper times? Can you guide ... children?
These rhetorical questions can be translated as statements. Alternate translation: "You cannot lead the constellations ... proper times. You cannot guide ... children." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
constellations
groups of stars that seem like they form a particular shape in the sky
to appear at their proper times
"so that they appear at the right time"
the Bear
This is the name of a constellation. Translate as in Job 9:9.
its children
"its cubs"