Job 9:7
He commandeth the sunne, and it riseth not: hee closeth vp the starres, as vnder a signet.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
In Context
6Hee remooueth the earth out of her place, that the pillars thereof doe shake.
8Hee himselfe alone spreadeth out the heauens, and walketh vpon the height of the sea.
Cross References
Joshua 10:12Then spake Ioshua to the Lord, in the day when the Lord gaue the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he sayd in the sight of Israel, Sunne, stay thou in Gibeon, and thou moone, in the valley of Aialon.
Job 37:7With the force thereof he shutteth vp euery man, that all men may knowe his worke.
Job 38:19Where is the way where light dwelleth? and where is the place of darkenesse,
Ezekiel 32:7And when I shall put thee out, I will couer the heauen, and make the starres thereof darke: I will couer the sunne with a cloude, and the moone shall not giue her light.
Amos 4:13For lo, he that formeth the mountaines, and createth the winde, and declareth vnto man what is his thought: which maketh the morning darkenesse, and walketh vpon the hie places of the earth, the Lord God of hostes is his Name.
Matthew 24:29And immediatly after ye tribulations of those dayes, shall the sunne be darkened, and the moone shall not giue her light, and the starres shall fal from heauen, and ye powers of heaue shalbe shake.
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 →