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General Information:
Yahweh uses five questions to emphasize to Job that he rules the heavens and Job does not. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion)
Connecting Statement:
Yahweh continues to challenge Job.
Can you fasten chains on the Pleiades, or undo the cords of Orion?
These can be translated as statements. Alternate translation: "You cannot fasten chains on the Pleiades, and you cannot undo the cords of Orion." (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion)
fasten chains on
"bind chains onto" or "tie the bonds of"
the Pleiades ... Orion
These are the names of constellations. See how you translated them in Job 9:9.
undo the cords of Orion
"loosen the cords that hold Orion"