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God commands the sun not to shine.
    He shuts off the light of the stars.
God alone stretches out the skies.
    And he walks on the waves of the sea.
It is God who made the Bear, Orion and the Pleiades[a]
    and the groups of stars in the southern sky.

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  1. 9:9 Bear . . . Pleiades Names of well-known groups of stars.

He speaks to the sun and it does not shine;(A)
    he seals off the light of the stars.(B)
He alone stretches out the heavens(C)
    and treads on the waves of the sea.(D)
He is the Maker(E) of the Bear[a] and Orion,
    the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.(F)

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  1. Job 9:9 Or of Leo