Job 9:7
It is the same God who tells the sun not to rise, and it does not, 1 and who covers up the stars, 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
In Context
6he who shakes the earth out of its place 1 and sets its supports trembling. 1
8who by himself stretches out the heavens 1 and tramples down the waves of the sea, 1
Cross References
Joshua 10:12Then Joshua spoke to Yahweh on the day Yahweh gave the men of Israel victory over the Amorites. This is what Joshua said to Yahweh before Israel, 1 “Sun, be still at Gibeon, 1 and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.” 1
Job 37:7He stops the hand of every man from working, 1 so that all people whom he has made may see his deeds. 1
Job 38:19Where is the way to the resting place of light— 1 as for darkness, where is its place? 1
Ezekiel 32:7Then when I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars; 1 I will cover the sun with clouds, and the moon will not shine its light. 1
Amos 4:13For, look, he who forms the mountains 1 also creates the wind, 1 reveals his thoughts to mankind, 1 makes the morning darkness, 1 and treads on the high places of the earth. 1 Yahweh, God of hosts, is his name.”
Matthew 24:29But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, 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 →