Job 38 · Verse 7

Job 38:7

When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Job 38:7, King James Version

Job 38:7 in other translations

BSBwhile the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
WEBwhen the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
ASVWhen the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
YLTIn the singing together of stars of morning, And all sons of God shout for joy,
DARBYWhen the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
BBEWhen the morning stars made songs together, and all the sons of the gods gave cries of joy?
WebsterWhen the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

What does Job 38:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. So at the founding of Zerubbabel's temple (Ezr 3:10-13). So hereafter at the completion of the Church, the temple of the Holy Ghost (Zec 4:7); as at its foundation (Lu 2:13, 14). morning stars--especially beautiful. The creation morn is appropriately associated with these, it being the commencement of this world's day. The stars are figuratively said to sing God's praises, as in Psa 19:1; 148:3. They are symbols of the angels, bearing the same relation to our earth, as angels do to us. Therefore they answer to "sons of God," or angels, in the parallel. See on Job 25:5.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 When the morning stars sang together - This must refer to some intelligent beings who existed before the creation of the visible heavens and earth: and it is supposed that this and the following clause refer to the same beings; that by the sons of God, and the morning stars, the angelic host is meant; as they are supposed to be first, though perhaps not chief, in the order of creation. For the latter clause the Chaldee has, "All the troops of angels." Perhaps their creation may be included in the term heavens, Gen 1:1 : "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." These witnessed the progress of the creation; and, when God had finished his work, celebrated his wisdom and power in the highest strains.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 38:4-11

For the humbling of Job, God here shows him his ignorance, even concerning the earth and the sea. As we cannot find fault with God's work, so we need not fear concerning it. The works of his providence, as well as the work of creation, never can be broken; and the work of redemption is no less firm, of which Christ himself is both the Foundation and the Corner-stone. The church stands as firm as the earth.

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Job 38:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּרָן\־be.ron-when sangH7442
יַ֭חַדYa.chadtogetherH3162
כּ֣וֹכְבֵיKokh.vei[the] stars ofH3556
בֹ֑קֶרVo.kermorningH1242
וַ֝יָּרִ֗יעוּvai.ya.Ri.'uand they shoutedH7321
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] sons ofH1121
אֱלֹהִֽים\׃'E.lo.HimGodH430

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 38:7

  • Revelation 5:11

    And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;

  • Job 1:6

    Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.

  • Ezra 3:11-12

    And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the Lord; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid. But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:

  • Revelation 22:16

    I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.

  • Revelation 2:28

    And I will give him the morning star.

  • Psalms 104:4

    Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:

  • Job 2:1

    Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord.

  • Zechariah 4:7

    Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the morning.
Re 2:28; 22:16
the sons.
1:6; 2:1; Ps 104:4; Re 5:11
shouted.
Ezr 3:11,12; Zec 4:7

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Context

  • Job 38:6

    Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

  • Job 38:7

    When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

  • Job 38:8

    Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

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Job 38:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Cuando las estrellas todas del alba alababan, y se regocijaban todos los hijos de Dios?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Quand les étoiles du matin chantaient ensemble, et que tous les fils de Dieu éclataient de joie?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Oder wer hat ihren Eckstein gelegt, als die Morgensterne miteinander jubelten und alle Söhne Gottes jauchzten?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		cum me laudarent simul astra matutina, et jubilarent omnes filii Dei?