Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
[He is the one] who commands the sun, and it does not rise, {and he seals up the stars}.
New American Standard Bible
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
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.
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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 9:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad
6 [He is the one] who shakes [the] earth from its place, and its pillars tremble. 7 [He is the one] who commands the sun, and it does not rise, {and he seals up the stars}. 8 [He is the one] who alone stretches out [the] heavens and [who] tramples on [the] waves of [the] sea.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 13:10
For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not flash forth their light; the sun will keep back when it comes out, and [the] moon will not cause its light to shine.
Exodus 10:21-22
And Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the heavens so that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt and so that [a person can] feel darkness."
Joshua 10:12
Then Joshua spoke to Yahweh, on the day Yahweh gave the Amorites over to the {Israelites}, and he said in the sight of Israel, "Sun in Gibeon, stand still, and moon, in the valley of Aijalon."
Job 37:7
{he stops all human beings from working} {so that everyone whom he has made may know it}.
Job 38:12-15
"Have you {ever in your life} commanded [the] morning? Have you made the dawn know its place,
Job 38:19-20
"Where then [is] the way [where] [the] light dwells? And where then [is] its place,
Ezekiel 32:7-8
And I will cover [you] at extinguishing your heavens, and I will make dark their stars, and I will cover [the] sun with the cloud, and [the] moon will not give its light.
Daniel 4:35
And all the dwellers of the earth are regarded as nothing, and he does {according to} his desire in the host of heaven and [among] the dwellers of earth, and there is not [one] who can hold back his hand, or {ask him}, 'What are you doing?'
Amos 4:13
Yes, here is the one who forms [the] mountains, and the one who creates the wind, and the one who reveals to humans what his thoughts [are], and the one who treads on the heights of the earth; Yahweh, the God of hosts, [is] his name!"
Amos 8:9
And then in that day," {declares} my Lord Yahweh, "I will make the sun go down at noon and I will darken the land on a day of light.
Matthew 24:29
"And immediately after the tribulation of those days, 'the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.'
Luke 21:25-26
"And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity from the noise of the sea and [its] surging,