God’s Word Translation
Job 38:7
7when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Job 38:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
- New International Version (NIV)while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?
- English Standard Version (ESV)when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
- New King James Version (NKJV)When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Context of Job 38:7
5Who determined its dimensions? Certainly, you know! Who stretched a measuring line over it? 6On what were its footings sunk? Who laid its cornerstone when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy? 8“Who shut the sea behind gates when it burst through and came out of the womb, 9when I clothed it with clouds and wrapped it up in dark clouds,
Read all of Job 38Job 38:7 word by word
בְּרָן־יַ֭חַד כּ֣וֹכְבֵי בֹ֑קֶר וַ֝יָּרִ֗יעוּ כָּל־בְּנֵ֥י אֱלֹהִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 38:7
- Revelation 2:28I will also give them the morning star.
- Revelation 22:16“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give this testimony to you for the churches. I am the root and descendant of David. I am the bright morning star.”
- Job 1:6One day when the sons of God came to stand in front of the Lord, Satan the Accuser came along with them.
- Job 2:1One day when the sons of God came to stand in front of the Lord, Satan the Accuser came along with them.
- Psalms 104:4You make your angels winds and your servants flames of fire.
- Revelation 5:11Then I heard the voices of many angels, the four living creatures, and the leaders surrounding the throne. They numbered ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands times thousands.
- Ezra 3:11As they praised and gave thanks to the Lord, they sang antiphonally: “He is good; his mercy toward Israel endures forever.” Then all the people shouted, “Praise the Lord,” because the foundation for the house of the Lord had been laid.
- Zechariah 4:7What a high mountain you are! In front of Zerubbabel you will become a plain. He will bring out the topmost stone with shouts of ‘Blessings, blessings on it!’ ”
Commentaries on Job 38:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7When the morning stars sang together - This must refer to some intelligent beings who existed before the creation of the visible heavens and earth: and it is supposed that this and the following clause refer to the same beings; that by the sons of God, and the morning stars, the angelic host is meant; as they are supposed to be first, though perhaps not chief, in the order of creation. For the latter clause the Chaldee has, "All the troops of angels."…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7When the morning-stars - There can be little doubt that angelic beings are intended here, though some have thought that the stars literally are referred to, and that they seemed to unite in a chorus of praise when another world was added to their number. The Vulgate renders it, astra matutina, morning-stars; the Septuagint, ̔́ ̓́ ̓́ hote egenēthēnai astra - “ when the stars were made:” the Chaldee, “the stars of the zephyr,” or “morning” - צפר כוכבי…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-11Verses 4-11 For the humbling of Job, God here shows him his ignorance, even concerning the earth and the sea. As we cannot find fault with God's work, so we need not fear concerning it. The works of his providence, as well as the work of creation, never can be broken; and the work of redemption is no less firm, of which Christ himself is both the Foundation and the Corner-stone. The church stands as firm as the earth.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7God describes the morning stars as if they are people, similar to the description of angels (1:6; 2:1).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. So at the founding of Zerubbabel's temple (Ezr 3:10-13). So hereafter at the completion of the Church, the temple of the Holy Ghost (Zec 4:7); as at its foundation (Lu 2:13, 14). morning stars--especially beautiful. The creation morn is appropriately associated with these, it being the commencement of this world's day. The stars are figuratively said to sing God's praises, as in Psa 19:1; 148:3. They are symbols of the angels, bearing the same relation…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 38
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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