Add parallel Print Page Options

He commands the sun, and it does not rise;
    he seals up the light of the stars.
He alone stretches out the heavens
    and tramples upon the waves of the sea.
He made the Bear and Orion,
    the Pleiades[a] and the constellations of the South.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Job 9:9 Bear . . . Orion . . . Pleiades: three constellations, whose creation by God was evidence of his overwhelming might. They reappear in Job 38:31-32, and the last two are found in Am 5:8.

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)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Job 9:9 Or of Leo