Job 9:7
He commands the sun and it does not rise, and he closes the stars as if under a seal.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
In Context
6He shakes the earth out of its place and its pillars tremble.
8He alone extends the heavens, and he walks upon the waves of the sea.
Cross References
Joshua 10:12Then Joshua spoke to the Lord, on the day that he handed over the Amorite in the sight of the sons of Israel, and he said before them: “O sun, you shall not move toward Gibeon! O moon, you shall not move toward the valley of Aijalon!”
Job 37:7He signs the hand of all men, so that each one may know his works.
Job 38:19Which is the way that holds the light, and which is the place of darkness?
Ezekiel 32:7And I will cover heaven, when you will have been extinguished. And I will cause its stars to grow dark. I will shroud the sun with gloom, and the moon will not give her light.
Amos 4:13For behold, he who forms the mountains and creates the wind and announces his speech to man, who makes the morning mist and steps over the heights of the earth: the Lord God of hosts is his name.
Matthew 24:29And immediately 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 heaven, 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 →