“Since in ordering the complexity of the world, Providence did not lack the collaboration of [divine] power, Job now enumerates those things that evidently are an integral part of the power of the Creator. Another interpretation: even though the amount of space between them [i.e., the stars of Pleiades] might be small,…”
Julian of Eclanum, 5th c. — EXPOSITION ON THE BOOK OF JOB 38:31
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32Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
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30The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
31Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
— Job 38:32 —
33Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?