Job 9:7
who commands the sun, and it does not rise, and seals up the stars,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
In Context
6who shakes the earth out of its place, and the pillars of it tremble,
8who alone stretches out the heavens, and treads upon the waves of the sea,
Cross References
Joshua 10:12Then Joshua spoke to LORD in the day when LORD delivered up the Amorites before the sons of Israel. And he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.
Job 37:7He seals up the hand of every man, that all men whom he has made may know [it].
Job 38:19Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place of it
Ezekiel 32:7And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars of it dark. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.
Amos 4:13For, lo, he who forms the mountains, and creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought, who makes the morning darkness, and treads upon the high places of the earth--LORD, the God of hosts, is his name.
Matthew 24:29But straightaway after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light. And the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Matthew Henry on Job 9:2-14
Job's Reply to Bildad. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Job answered and said, 2 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? 3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? 5 Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. 6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. 7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth… Read the whole commentary →