en_tn_condensed/job/38/31.md

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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"