Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 38:31

31. Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades , or loose the bands of Orion ?

i. e Restrain or hinder them. Canst thou bind or shut up the Earth when they open it?

Or the delights, because this Constellation by its benign and opening influences brings in the Spring, the Herbs and Flowers, and other delights of the Earth.

Called, also the Seven Stars. Of this and the following Constellation, see Iob 9. 9.

By which it binds up the Air and Earth by bringing storms of Rain or hail, or Frost and Snow, and withal binds or seals the hands of Workmen, as is noted, Iob 37. 7.

This is another Constellation which riseth in November and brings in Winter. So the sense of the Verse is, Thou canst not bind the Earth when the one looseth or openeth it, nor loose or open it when the other binds or shutteth it up.

Marginal references: Or, the [illegible: 1 word] Stars.; Heb. [illegible: 1 word] ▪; Heb. [illegible: 1 word].