Job 9:7
Who gives orders to the sun, and it does not give its light; and who keeps the stars from shining.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
In Context
6Who is moving the earth out of its place, so that its pillars are shaking:
8By whose hand the heavens were stretched out, and who is walking on the waves of the sea:
Cross References
Joshua 10:12It was on the day when the Lord gave up the Amorites into the hands of the children of Israel that Joshua said to the Lord, before the eyes of Israel, Sun, be at rest over Gibeon; and you, O moon, in the valley of Aijalon.
Job 37:7He puts an end to the work of every man, so that all may see his work.
Job 38:19Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark;
Ezekiel 32:7And when I put out your life, the heaven will be covered and its stars made dark; I will let the sun be covered with a cloud and the moon will not give her light.
Amos 4:13For see, he who gave form to the mountains and made the wind, giving knowledge of his purpose to man, who makes the morning dark, and is walking on the high places of the earth: the Lord, the God of armies, is his name.
Matthew 24:29But straight away, after the trouble of those days, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light and the stars will come down from heaven and the powers of heaven will be moved:
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 →