en_tn/job/38/31.md

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Yahweh continues to challenge Job.
## Can you fasten chains...over the earth ##
Yahweh uses these questions to emphasize that Job does not know how to control the stars. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
## fasten chains ##
"bind the chains" or "tie the bonds"
## Pleiades...Orion...Bear ##
These are the names of constellations. See how you translated them in [Job 9:7](../09/07.md).
## undo the cords of Orion ##
"break the cords that hold Orion"
## the constellations ##
This refers to the twelve different constellation that appear behind the sun as it sets. A different constellation appears behind the sun each month.
## to appear at their proper times ##
"so that they appear at the right time"
## its children ##
"its cubs"