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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Job 9:7

Seal. So that they appear not. He alludes (Calmet) to masters confining their servants with seals, before locks were invented. (Macrobius vii. 3.) --- From these noble effects of God's power, Job takes occasion to humble himself. (Calmet)

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See also Job 9:7 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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 t...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER S 9-10 JOB ANSWERS BILDAD _ 1. The supremacy and power of God (Job 9:1)_ 2. How then can Job meet Him? (Job 9:11) 3. He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked (Job 9:22) 4. Confession of we...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB 9:1 is Job's answer to the position taken up by Bildad, viz. that the Almighty cannot judge falsely (Job 8:3). In Job 2 accepts the general principle that God judges according to merit. But of wha...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Description of God's omnipotent power as it displays itself in the material world. _they know not_ Suddenly and unexpectedly, Psalms 35:8; Jeremiah 50:24....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The reference may be to days when from storm and darkness the sun seems not to rise, or to eclipses and sudden obscurations of the heavenly bodies....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WHICH COMMANDETH THE SUN, AND IT RISETH NOT— Bishop Warburton supposes that this alludes to the miraculous history of the people of God; such as the Egyptian darkness, and the stopping of the sun's co...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    E. NOT GUILTYTHE CRIME OF INNOCENCEJOB'S CRY (Job 9:1, Job 10:22) 1. Man is no match before the all-powerful, all-wise God. (Job 9:1-12) TEXT 9:1-12 9 THEN JOB ANSWERED AND SAID, 2 Of a truth I k...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _WHICH COMMANDETH THE SUN, AND IT RISETH NOT; AND SEALETH UP THE STARS._ Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not - namely, in an eclipse, or the darkness that accompanies earthquakes (Job 9:6)....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB'S SECOND SPEECH (JOB 9:10) Job 9:10 are, perhaps, in their religious and moral aspects the most difficult in the book. Driver in his 'Introduction to the Literature of the OT.' analyses them as f...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    IT RISETH NOT] because of darkness or eclipse. SEALETH UP] i.e. in the abode where the stars were thought to dwell, and where they were brought forth by night to shine in the sky (Isaiah 40:26)....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 9 JOB REPLIES TO BILDAD’S F...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Some people may think that they are strong or powerful. But God is much more powerful than any person. The Bible says that God made everything (Genesis chapter 1). He made our wonderful world. He plac...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND SEALETH UP THE STARS — Comp. Job 41:15. The idea of shutting up, taking away the power of, &c., is contained in the expression “sealing.”...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הָ אֹמֵ֣ר לַ֭ † חֶרֶס וְ לֹ֣א...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    X. THE THOUGHT OF A DAYSMAN JOB 9:1; Job 10:1 Job SPEAKS IT is with an infinitely sad restatement of what God has been made to appear to him by Bildad's speech that Job begins his reply. Yes, yes; it...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “THE DAYSMAN” Job 9:1 Ponder the sublimity of the conceptions of God given in this magnificent passage. To God are attributed the earthquake that rocks the pillars on which the world rests, Job 9:6;...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Job now answered Bildad. He first admitted the truth of the general proposition, Of a truth I know that it IS so; and then propounded the great question, which he subsequently proceeded to discuss in...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (5) Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. (6) Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. (7) Which commandeth the sun, a...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole 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 r...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars. Ver. 7. _Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not_] God, in framing the world, began above, and wrought downward; but Job, in...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not_ Nor are the heavens less subject to his power; for neither sun nor stars can shine if he forbid them. “Bishop Warburton supposes, that this alludes to the m...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, withholding his golden rays from the earth; AND SEALETH UP THE STARS, setting a seal round about them, veiling them by thick clouds and darkening the night...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JOB'S DEFENSE AGAINST SUSPICION. Both Eliphaz and Bildad had attempted to fasten upon Job some specific wrong, seeking from him a confession to that effect. He therefore defends himself against this...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    HOW CAN MAN BE JUST BEFORE GOD? (vv.1-13) Job's reply to Bildad occupies two Chapter s, 35 verses longer than Bildad's arguments had taken. But Job acknowledged, "Truly, I know it is so," that is, h...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-13 In this answer Job declared that he did not doubt the justice of God, when he denied himself to be a hypocrite; for how should man be just with God? Before him he pleaded guilty of sins more tha...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    He speaks either, 1. Of that which God can do; or rather, (as he doth in the foregoing and following instances,) 2. Of what God actually doth; and that either, 1. Ordinarily; and so he gives laws to...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 9:7 commands H559 (H8802) sun H2775 rise H2224 (H8799) seals H2856 (H8799) stars H3556 commandeth -...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Job answers Bildad, denying he is a hypocrite. CHARACTERS: God, Job, Bildad. CONCLUSION: Man is an unequal match for his Maker, either in dispute or combat. If God should deal with any of...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 9:5. _Removeth the mountains,_ by earthquakes. The great mountain ranges have continuous caverns, with interior rivers and lakes. Where liases, iron and sulphur abound, volcanoes form their beds o...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Which removeth the mountains._ GOD IN NATURE I. Its almightiness is overwhelmingly grand in its manifestations. “Removeth the mountains,” etc. The whole passage impresses one with the unbounded ene...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 9:1 Job responds, in a speech that is relentlessly legal: ch. Job 9:1 is framed by the term CONTEND ...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 9:3 Job does not respond further to the specifics of Bildad’s argument. Instead he describes the difficulty of anyone arguing a case before God (vv. Job 9:3), given his power and stren...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _JOB’S REPLY TO BILDAD_ Strongly affirms the truth of Bildad’s speech as to God’s justice (Job 9:1). Declares the impossibility of fallen man establishing his righteousness with God. The same, already...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JOB 9:1 Job, in answer to Bildad, admits the truth of his arguments, but declines to attempt the justification which can alone entitle him to accept the favourable side of Bildad's alterna...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So Job answers him and he said, I know it is true (Job 9:1-2): What? That God is fair. That God is just. Now that is something that we need to all know. That is true. God is righteous. God is just. Th...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Amos 4:13; Amos 8:9; Daniel 4:35; Exodus 10:21; Exodus 10:22;...

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