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Job 9:7
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He commands the sun not to shineand seals off the stars.
Who commands the sun, and it doesn't rise, And seals up the stars;
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
who commands the sun, and it does not rise; who seals up the stars;
He commands the sun not to shine and shuts off the light of the stars.
he who commands the sun and it does not shine and seals up the stars;
Who commands the sun, and it does not shine; Who seals up the stars [from view];
Who commands the sun not to shine, And puts a seal on the stars;
Who commands the sun, and it doesn't rise, And seals up the stars;
He commandeth the sunne, & it riseth not: hee closeth vp the starres, as vnder a signet.
The One who says for the sun not to shine,And sets a seal upon the stars;
He commands the sun not to shine, and seals off the stars.
or command the sun and stars to hold back their light.
He commands the sun, and it fails to rise; he shuts up the stars under his seal.
Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and he sealeth up the stars;
He commands the sun, and it does not rise; and seals up the stars.
He can keep the sun from rising, and the stars from shining at night.
He is the one who commands the sun, and it does not rise, and he seals up the stars.
the One speaking to the sun and it does not rise; and He sets a seal around the stars;
He commaundeth the Sone, & it ryseth not: he closeth vp the starres, as it were vnder a signet.
That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, And sealeth up the stars;
Who gives orders to the sun, and it does not give its light; and who keeps the stars from shining.
Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
Which commandeth the Sunne, and it riseth not: and sealeth vp the starres.
He commaundeth the sunne, and it ryseth not: he closeth vp the starres as vnder a signet.
Who commands the sun, and it rises not; and he seals up the stars.
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
Which comaundith to the sunne, and it risith not; and he closith the sterris, as vndur a signet.
That commands the sun, and it does not rise, And seals up the stars;
Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
He commands the sun, and it does not rise; He seals off the stars;
If he commands it, the sun won't rise and the stars won't shine.
He tells the sun not to shine, and He keeps the stars from shining.
who commands the sun, and it does not rise; who seals up the stars;
Who commandeth the sun, and it breaketh not forth, and, about the stars, he putteth a seal;
Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not: and shutteth up the stars, as it were, under a seal:
who commands the sun, and it does not rise; who seals up the stars;
Who is speaking to the sun, and it riseth not, And the stars He sealeth up.
Who commands the sun not to shine, And sets a seal upon the stars;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
commandeth: Exodus 10:21, Exodus 10:22, Joshua 10:12, Daniel 4:35, Amos 4:13, Amos 8:9, Matthew 24:29
sealeth: Job 37:7, Job 38:12-15, Job 38:19, Job 38:20, Isaiah 13:10, Ezekiel 32:7, Luke 21:25, Luke 21:26
Cross-References
God blessed them and said to them, "Have many children. Fill the earth and take control of it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the air. Rule over every living thing that moves on the earth."
Bring every living animal out of the boat with you—all the birds, animals, and everything that crawls on the earth. These animals will make many more animals, and they will fill the earth again."
God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Have many children. Fill the earth with your people.
These three men were Noah's sons. And all the people on earth came from these three sons.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not,.... Either he could do it if he would, by a word speaking, as he ordered it to stand still in the times of Joshua, Joshua 10:13, and caused the shadow to return ten degrees it had gone back in the dial of Ahaz, in the times of Hezekiah, 2 Kings 20:11; or else the sense is, it rises not at any other time and place but when and where he commands it; or he commands it not to rise in the same place at one time of the year as at another, and it rises not; or this may be understood of eclipses, or of its being covered with clouds in tempestuous weather for a considerable time together, when it seems as if it was not risen: some think this respects the three days' darkness in Egypt, when the Israelites were there, Exodus 10:22, which was a little before, or about the time of Job; or rather it refers to the general flood, in the times of Noah, when it rained forty days and forty nights, Genesis 7:12, during which time the sun appeared not, and so seemed as if it was not risen; see Amos 8:9; Herodotus b relates, from the memoirs of the Egyptians, that the sun rose four times out of its usual course; twice it rose where it now sets, and twice it set where it now rises:
and sealeth up the stars: either by the light of the sun in the daytime, which hides them that they are not visible, or by dark clouds and tempestuous weather in the night; such a season as that was in which the Apostle Paul and the mariners with him were, when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, Acts 27:20, and so the Targum paraphrases it, and
"sealeth up the stars with clouds;''
this may also refer to the time of the flood, during the rain of forty days and nights, Genesis 7:4; or to the annual motion of the sun through the ecliptic, which makes the point of the sun's rising and setting vary, and is the reason why some stars appear in summer and are sealed up in winter, and others that are seen in winter are not visible in summer; and so Cocceius interprets it.
b Euterpe, sive, l. 2. c. 149.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not - Schultens supposes that all this is a description of the deluge - when the mountains were removed, when the fountains of the deep were broken up, and when the sun was obscured and seemed not to rise. Others have supposed that it refers to the fact that the sun is darkened by clouds and tempests, and appears not to rise and shine upon the earth. Others suppose that the allusion is to an eclipse; and others, that it is to the power of God, and means that the rising of the sun depends on him, and that if he should choose to give the command, the heavenly bodies would rise and give light no more. It seems probable that the meaning is, that God has power to do this; that the rising of the sun depends on him; and that he could delay it, or prevent it, at his pleasure. His power over the sun was shown in the time of Joshua, when, at his command, it stood still; but it is not necessary to suppose that there is any reference to this fact here. The whole meaning of the language is met by the supposition that it refers to the power of God, and affirms what he could do, or if it refer to any fact that had been observed, that the allusion is to the darkening of the sun by an eclipse or a tempest. No argument can be derived, therefore, from the expression, in regard to the age of the book.
And sealeth up the stars - The word “seal” in the Scriptures (חתם châtham) is used with considerable latitude of signification. It is employed in the sense of shutting, closing, making fast - as when anything was sealed, it was shut up or made fast. The Hebrews often used a seal, where we would use a lock, and depended on the protection derived from the belief that one would not break open that which was sealed, where we are obliged to rely on the security of the lock against force. If there were honor and honesty among people everywhere, a seal would be as secure as a lock - as in a virtuous community a sealed letter is as secure as a merchant’s iron “safe.” To “seal up the stars,” means so to shut them up in the heavens, as to prevent their shining; to hide them from the view. They are concealed, hidden, made close - as the contents of a letter, a package, or a room are by a seal, indicating that no one is to examine them, and concealing them from the view. So God hides from our view the stars by the interposition of clouds.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 9:7. Which commandeth the sun — Obscures it either with clouds, with thick darkness, or with an eclipse.
Sealeth up the stars. — Like the contents of a letter, wrapped up and sealed, so that it cannot be read. Sometimes the heavens become as black as ebony, and no star, figure, or character, in this great book of God can be read.
