Parallel Verses

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;

Amplified


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

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 removes the earth out of her place and causes her pillars to tremble. 7 Who commands the sun not to shine,
And sets a seal upon the stars;
8 He alone extends the heavens and walks upon the waves of the sea.


Cross References

Isaiah 13:10

For this reason the stars of the heavens and the lights thereof shall not shine: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not give forth her light.

Exodus 10:21-22

And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.

Joshua 10:12

Then Joshua spoke unto the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.

Job 37:7

He seals up the hand of every man that all men may know his work.

Job 38:12-15

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days? Hast thou shown the dayspring its place,

Job 38:19-20

Where is the way to the habitation of the light, and where is the place of the darkness?

Ezekiel 32:7-8

And when thou art dead, I will cover the heavens and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

Daniel 4:35

and all the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing; and in the army of heaven and in the inhabitants of the earth, he does according to his will; nor is there anyone who can interfere with his hand and say unto him, What doest thou?

Amos 4:13

For, behold, he that forms the mountains and creates the wind and declares unto man what is his thought, that makes the darkness into morning and treads above the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of the hosts, is his name.

Amos 8:9

And it shall come to pass in that day, said the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will cover the earth with darkness in the clear day;

Matthew 24:29

Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken,

Luke 21:25-26

Then there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars, and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

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