Job 9:7
He is the one who can command the sun not to rise and the stars not to shine.
Free Bible 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, making its foundations quake.
8He alone is the one who stretches out the heavens and walks on the waves of the sea.
Cross References
Joshua 10:12On the day that the Lord handed the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke by the Lord in the presence of the Israelites, saying, “Sun, stand still over Gibeon! Moon, stand still over the Valley of Aijalon!”
Job 37:7By this he stops people working so that everyone can understand what he does.
Job 38:19In which direction does light live? Where does darkness dwell?
Ezekiel 32:7When I put out the light of your life, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will use a cloud to cover the sun, and the moon will stop shining.
Amos 4:13Watch! The One who made the mountains, who created the winds, who reveals his thoughts to humankind, who turns the sunlight into darkness, who walks on the high places of the earth—the Lord God of power is his name!
Matthew 24:29But right after those days of persecution the sun will be darkened, the moon will not shine, the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven 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 →