Job 37:7
He seals up the hand of every man, 1 That every man may know his own weakness. 1
Updated 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, 1 And rest in their lair. 1
Cross References
Job 9:7Who commands the sun, and it rises not; 1 And he seals up the stars. 1
Job 36:24Remember that his works are great 1 Beyond those which men have attempted. 1
Psalms 64:9The nations shall be troubled, and they that inhabit the ends of the earth shall be afraid of thy signs; 1 Thou wilt cause the outgoings of morning and evening to rejoice. 1
Ecclesiastes 8:17And I beheld all the works of God, 1 That a man shall not be able to discover 1 The work which is wrought under the sun; 1 Whatsoever things a man shall endeavor to seek, 1 However a man may labor to seek it, 1 Yet he shall not find it; 1 Yea, how much soever a wise man may speak of knowing it, 1 He shall not be able to find it: 1 For I applied all this to my heart, 1 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 →