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the seven stars. Hebrew. kimah = cluster. Modern name, the Pleiades. See notes on Job_9:9; Job_38:31, Job_38:32. Compare Isa_13:10; and see App-12.
Orion. Hebrew. kesel = rigidity, strength; from kesalim = loins (Job_15:27): hence, "confidence" derived from strength (Job_8:14; Job_31:24, where the Septuagint has ichun = strength. Psa_78:7. Pro_3:26). In the Denderah Zodiac his name is oar, from the Hebrew root 'Or = light: hence the glorious One. See App-12. Compare Job_9:9; Job_38:31.
the shadow of death. Hebrew. tzalmaveth. Not "a late word". We find it ten times in Job; four times in Psalms. Isa_9:2. Jer_2:6; Jer_13:16.
Maketh the day, &c. Compare Psa_104:20.
That = [Seek Him] That.
calleth, &c. Compare Amo_9:6. Job_38:34. Isa_48:13.
is = it[is].