Job 9:7
Who is commanding to the sun, and it does not rise, || And the stars He seals up.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
In Context
6Who is shaking earth from its place, || And its pillars move themselves.
8Stretching out the heavens by Himself, || And treading on the heights of the sea,
Cross References
Joshua 10:12Then Joshua speaks to YHWH in the day of YHWH’s giving up the Amorites before the sons of Israel, and he says before the eyes of Israel, “Sun—stand still in Gibeon; and moon—in the Valley of Ajalon”;
Job 37:7Into the hand of every man he seals, || For the knowledge by all men of His work.
Job 38:19Where [is] this—the way light dwells? And darkness, where [is] this—its place?
Ezekiel 32:7And in quenching you I have covered the heavens, || And have made their stars black, || I cover the sun with a cloud, || And the moon does not cause its light to shine.
Amos 4:13For behold, the Former of mountains, and Creator of wind, || And the Declarer to man what [is] His thought, || He is making dawn obscurity, || And is treading on high places of earth, || YHWH, 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 her light, and the stars will fall from the sky, 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 →