Job 9:7
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
Job 9:7 in other translations
| BSB | He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars. |
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| WEB | He commands the sun and it doesn’t rise, and seals up the stars. |
| ASV | That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, And sealeth up the stars; |
| YLT | Who is speaking to the sun, and it riseth not, And the stars He sealeth up. |
| DARBY | Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and he sealeth up the stars; |
| BBE | Who gives orders to the sun, and it does not give its light; and who keeps the stars from shining. |
| Webster | Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars. |
What does Job 9:7 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 9:1-13
In this answer Job declared that he did not doubt the justice of God, when he denied himself to be a hypocrite; for how should man be just with God? Before him he pleaded guilty of sins more than could be counted; and if God should contend with him in judgment, he could not justify one out of a thousand, of all the thoughts, words, and actions of his life; therefore he deserved worse than all his present sufferings…
Job 9:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 9:7
- Isaiah 13:10
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
- Amos 8:9
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
- Luke 21:25-26
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
- Job 37:7
He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
- Matthew 24:29
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
- Job 38:19-20
Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof, That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
- Ezekiel 32:7-8
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God.
- Daniel 4:35
And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
- Joshua 10:12
Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
- Amos 4:13
For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The Lord, The God of hosts, is his name.
- Exodus 10:21-22
And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
- Job 38:12-15
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
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Context
- Job 9:6
Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
- Job 9:7
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
- Job 9:8
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
Job 9:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Que manda al sol, y no sale; y sella las estrellas: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il parle au soleil, et le soleil ne se lève pas; et sur les étoiles il met son sceau; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | der der Sonne befiehlt, und sie geht nicht auf, und der die Sterne versiegelt; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui præcipit soli, et non oritur, et stellas claudit quasi sub signaculo. |