Job 38:32

38:32 Can you lead out

the constellations ¹  in their seasons,

or guide the Bear with its cubs? ² 

Job 39:16

39:16 She is harsh ³  with her young,

as if they were not hers;

she is unconcerned

about the uselessness of her labor.

[38:32]  ¹ tn The word מַזָּרוֹת (mazzarot) is taken by some to refer to the constellations (see 2 Kgs 23:5), and by others as connected to the word for “crown,” and so “corona.”

[38:32]  ² sn See Job 9:9.

[39:16]  ³ sn This verb, “to deal harshly; to harden; to treat cruelly,” is used for hardening the heart elsewhere (see Isa 63:17).