Job 37:7
He seals up the hand of every man, that every man may know his own weakness.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
In Context
8And the wild beasts come in under the covert, and rest in their lair.
Cross References
Job 9:7Who commands the sun, and it rises not; and he seals up the stars.
Job 36:24Remember that his works are great beyond those which men have attempted.
Psalms 64:9The nations shall be troubled, and they that inhabit the ends of the earth shall be afraid of thy signs; thou wilt cause the outgoings of morning and evening to rejoice.
Ecclesiastes 8:17And I beheld all the works of God, that a man shall not be able to discover the work which is wrought under the sun; whatsoever things a man shall endeavour to seek, however a man may labour to seek it, yet he shall not find it; yea, how much soever a wise man may speak of knowing it, he shall not be able to find it: for I applied all this to my heart, and my heart has seen all this.
Isaiah 26:11O Lord, thine arm is exalted, yet they knew it not: but when they know they shall be ashamed: jealousy shall seize upon an untaught nation, and now fire shall devour the adversaries.
Matthew Henry on Job 37:7-14
6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. 7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work. 8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places. 9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. 10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened. 11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud: 12 And it is turned round about by… Read the whole commentary →