Parallel Verses

Amplified


Who commands the sun, and it does not shine;
Who seals up the stars [from view];

New American Standard Bible

Who commands the sun not to shine,
And sets a seal upon the stars;

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

He commands the sun so that it doesn't shine and seals up the stars.

A Conservative Version

who commands the sun, and it does not rise, and seals up the stars,

American Standard Version

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

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Saying to the sun, and it shall not rise; and for the stars he will seal them up

King James 2000

Who commands the sun, and it rises not; and seals up the stars.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[He is the one] who commands the sun, and it does not rise, {and he seals up the stars}.

Modern King James verseion

the One speaking to the sun, and it does not rise; and seals up the stars;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He commandeth the sun, and it riseth not: he closeth up the stars, as it were under a signet.

NET Bible

he who commands the sun and it does not shine and seals up the stars;

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Who commandeth the sun, and it breaketh not forth, and, about the stars, he putteth a seal;

Webster

Who 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.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the sun
חרסה חרס 
Cherec 
Usage: 4

and it riseth
זרח 
Zarach 
arise, rise, rise up, shine, up
Usage: 18

not and sealeth up
חתם 
Chatham 
Usage: 27

References

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Easton

Hastings

Watsons

Context Readings

Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad

6
Who shakes the earth out of its place,
And its pillars tremble;
7 
Who commands the sun, and it does not shine;
Who seals up the stars [from view];
8
Who alone stretches out the heavens
And tramples down the waves of the sea;


Cross References

Isaiah 13:10


For the stars of heaven and their constellations
Will not flash with their light;
The sun will be dark when it rises,
And the moon will not shed its light.

Exodus 10:21-22

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, so that darkness may come over the land of Egypt, a darkness which [is so awful that it] may be felt.”

Joshua 10:12

Then Joshua spoke to the Lord on the day when the Lord handed over the Amorites to the sons of Israel, and Joshua said in the sight of Israel,

“Sun, stand still at Gibeon,
And moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.”

Job 37:7


“God seals (brings to a standstill, stops) [by severe weather] the hand of every man,
That all men [whom He has made] may know His work [that is, His sovereign power and their subjection to it].

Job 38:12-15


“Since your days began, have you ever commanded the morning,
And caused the dawn to know its place,

Job 38:19-20


“Where is the way where light dwells?
And as for darkness, where is its place,

Ezekiel 32:7-8


“And when I extinguish you,
I will cover the heavens [of Egypt] and darken their stars;
I will cover the sun with a cloud
And the moon will not give its light.

Daniel 4:35


“All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing.
But He does according to His will in the host of heaven
And among the inhabitants of the earth;
And no one can hold back His hand
Or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’

Amos 4:13


For behold, He who forms the mountains and creates the wind
And declares to man what are His thoughts,
He who makes the dawn into darkness
And treads on the heights of the earth—
The Lord God of hosts is His name.

Amos 8:9


“It shall come about in that day,” says the Lord God,
“That I shall cause the sun to go down at noon,
And I shall darken the earth in broad daylight.

Matthew 24:29

“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not provide its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Luke 21:25-26

“There will be signs (attesting miracles) in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth [there will be] distress and anguish among nations, in perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea and the waves,

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