Job 9:7
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
In Context
6Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
8Which alone stretcheth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
Cross References
Joshua 10:12Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.
Job 37:7He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men whom he hath made may know it.
Job 38:19Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and as for darkness, where is the place thereof;
Ezekiel 32:7And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give 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 darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth; the LORD, the God of hosts, is his name.
Matthew 24:29But immediately, after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall 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 →