Job 9:7
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New International Version (©1984)
He speaks to the sun and it does not shine; he seals off the light of the stars.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Who commands the sun not to shine, And sets a seal upon the stars;

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He commands the sun not to rise. He doesn't let the stars come out.

King James Bible
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.

American King James Version
Which commands the sun, and it rises not; and seals up the stars.

American Standard Version
That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, And sealeth up the stars;

Bible in Basic English
Who gives orders to the sun, and it does not give its light; and who keeps the stars from shining.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who commandeth tile sun and it riseth not: and shutteth up the stars as it were under a seal:

Darby Bible Translation
Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and he sealeth up the stars;

English Revised Version
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.

Webster's Bible Translation
Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.

World English Bible
He commands the sun, and it doesn't rise, and seals up the stars.

Young's Literal Translation
Who is speaking to the sun, and it riseth not, And the stars He sealeth up.

Geneva Study Bible

Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

7. The sun, at His command, does not rise; namely, in an eclipse, or the darkness that accompanies earthquakes (Job 9:6).

sealeth up the stars-that is, totally covers as one would seal up a room, that its contents may not be seen.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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. When Job mentions the wisdom and power of God, he forgets his complaints. We are unfit to judge of God's proceedings, because we know not what he does, or what he designs. God acts with power which no creature can resist. Those who think they have strength enough to help others, will not be able to help themselves against it.


Isaiah 13:10 For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light; The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light.
Ezekiel 32:7 "And when I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars; I will cover the sun with a cloud And the moon will not give its light.
Ezekiel 32:8 "All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you And will set darkness on your land," Declares the Lord GOD. (NASB ©1995)

Commandeth Commands Gives Keeps Light Orders Rise Riseth Seal Sealeth Seals Sets Shine Shining Speaking Speaks Stars Sun


Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.

commandeth Ex 10:21,22 Jos 10:12 Da 4:35 Am 4:13 8:9 Mt 24:29

sealeth 37:7 38:12-15,19,20 Isa 13:10 Eze 32:7 Lu 21:25,26

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