Job 9:7 “He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.”

Job 9:7

He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.

World English Bible

He commands the sun and it doesn’t rise, and seals up the stars.

American Standard Version

That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, And sealeth up the stars;

Geneva Bible 1599

He commandeth the sunne, and it riseth not: hee closeth vp the starres, as vnder a signet.

Darby Translation

Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and he sealeth up the stars;

Young's Literal Translation

Who is speaking to the sun, and it riseth not, And the stars He sealeth up.

Bible in Basic English

Who gives orders to the sun, and it does not give its light; and who keeps the stars from shining.

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Cross references

“commandeth”

Amos 8:9 Joshua 10:12 Daniel 4:35 Amos 4:13 Matthew 24:29 Exodus 10:21

Amos 8:9 · BSB

And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.

Joshua 10:12 · BSB

On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”

Daniel 4:35 · BSB

All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”

Amos 4:13 · BSB

For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth— the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”

Matthew 24:29 · BSB

Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. ’

Exodus 10:21 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”

“sealeth”

Isaiah 13:10 Job 37:7 Job 38:12–15 Job 38:19 Job 38:20 Ezekiel 32:7

Isaiah 13:10 · BSB

For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.

Job 37:7 · BSB

He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work.

Job 38:12–15 · BSB

In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,

Job 38:19 · BSB

Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,

Job 38:20 · BSB

so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?

Ezekiel 32:7 · BSB

When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.

8He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

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