Job 9:7
Who speaketh to the sun, and he shineth not, and around the stars he placeth a seal;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
In Context
6Who shaketh the earth loose out of her place, that her pillars tremble;
8Who spread out the heavens by himself alone, and treadeth upon the hillocks of the sea;
Cross References
Joshua 10:12Then spoke Joshua to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered up the Emorites before the children of Israel, and he said before the eyes of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gib'on; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ayalon.
Job 37:7He sealeth it on the hand of every man, that all men whom he hath made may know it.
Job 38:19Where is the way [to the spot where] the light dwelleth? and the darkness—where is its place,
Ezekiel 32:7And I will cover up the heavens, when thou art quenched, and make their stars obscure: the sun will I cover up with a cloud, and the moon shall not let shine her light.
Amos 4:13For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning-dawn [and] darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, — The Lord, the God of hosts, is his name.
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 →