| Geneva Study Bible Canst thou bring forth {s} Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide {t} Arcturus with his sons? (s) Certain stars so called, some think they were the twelve signs. (t) The north star with those that are about him. Wesley's Notes 38:32 Bring forth - Canst thou make the stars in the southern signs arise and appear? Arcturus - Those in the northern. His sons - The lesser stars, which are placed round about them; and attend upon them, as children upon their parents. King James Translators' Notes Mazzaroth: or, the twelve signs guide: Heb. guide them Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 32. Canst thou bring forth from their places or houses (Mazzaloth, 2Ki 23:5, Margin; to which Mazzaroth here is equivalent) into the sky the signs of the Zodiac at their respective seasons-the twelve lodgings in which the sun successively stays, or appears, in the sky? Arcturus-Ursa Major. his sons?-the three stars in his tail. Canst thou make them appear in the sky? (Job 9:9). The great and less Bear are called by the Arabs "Daughters of the Bier," the quadrangle being the bier, the three others the mourners. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 38:25-41 Hitherto God had put questions to Job to show him his ignorance; now God shows his weakness. As it is but little that he knows, he ought not to arraign the Divine counsels; it is but little he can do, therefore he ought not to oppose the ways of Providence. See the all-sufficiency of the Divine Providence; it has wherewithal to satisfy the desire of every living thing. And he that takes care of the young ravens, certainly will not be wanting to his people. This being but one instance of the Divine compassion out of many, gives us occasion to think how much good our God does, every day, beyond what we are aware of. Every view we take of his infinite perfections, should remind us of his right to our love, the evil of sinning against him, and our need of his mercy and salvation. | 
