New English Translation
Job 37:7
7He causes everyone to stop working, so that all people may know his work.
Job 37:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
- New International Version (NIV)So that everyone he has made may know his work, he stops all people from their labor.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He seals up the hand of every man, that all men whom he made may know it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He seals the hand of every man, That all men may know His work.
Context of Job 37:7
5God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding. 6For to the snow he says, ‘Fall to earth,’ and to the torrential rains, ‘Pour down.’ He causes everyone to stop working, so that all people may know his work. 8The wild animals go to their lairs, and in their dens they remain. 9A tempest blows out from its chamber, icy cold from the driving winds.
Read all of Job 37Job 37:7 word by word
בְּיַד־כָּל־אָדָ֥ם יַחְתּ֑וֹם לָ֝דַ֗עַת כָּל־אַנְשֵׁ֥י מַעֲשֵֽׂהוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 37:7
- Job 5:12He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned!
- Job 9:7he who commands the sun and it does not shine and seals up the stars;
- Job 36:24Remember to extol his work, which people have praised in song.
- Psalms 46:8Come! Witness the exploits of the Lord, who brings devastation to the earth!
- Psalms 64:8Their slander will bring about their demise. All who see them will shudder,
- Psalms 92:4For you, O Lord, have made me happy by your work. I will sing for joy because of what you have done.
- Psalms 109:27Then they will realize this is your work, and that you, Lord, have accomplished it.
- Psalms 111:2The Lord’s deeds are great, eagerly awaited by all who desire them.
- Ecclesiastes 8:17then I discerned all that God has done: No one really comprehends what happens on earth. Despite all human efforts to discover it, no one can ever grasp it. Even if a wise person claimed that he understood, he would not really comprehend it.
- Isaiah 5:12They have stringed instruments, tambourines, flutes, and wine at their parties. So they do not recognize what the Lord is doing, they do not perceive what he is bringing about.
- Isaiah 26:11O Lord, you are ready to act, but they don’t even notice. They will see and be put to shame by your angry judgment against humankind, yes, fire will consume your enemies.
Commentaries on Job 37:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7He sealeth up the hand of every man - After all that has been said, and much of it most learnedly, on this verse, I think that the act of freezing is probably intended; that when the earth is bound up by intense frost, the hand, יד yad, labor, of every man is sealed up; he can do no more labor in the field, till the south wind blow, by which a thaw takes place. While the earth is in this state of rigidity, the beasts go into their dens, and remain in…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7He sealeth up the hand of every man - That is, in the winter, when the snow is on the ground, when the streams are frozen, and when the labors of the husbandman cease. The idea of “sealing up the hand” is derived from the common purpose of a seal, to make fast, to close up, to secure (compare Job 9:7, note; Job 33:16, note), and the sense is, that the hands can no more be used in ordinary toil. Every man in the snow and rain of winter is prevented from…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7He seals up the hand of every man … know His work: The end of the farming season gives people time to think about God's control over everything.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. In winter God stops man's out-of-doors activity. sealeth--closeth up (Job 9:7). Man's "hands" are then tied up. his work--in antithesis to man's own work ("hand") which at other times engages men so as to make them liable to forget their dependence on God. Umbreit more literally translates, That all men whom He has made (literally, "of His making") may be brought to acknowledgment."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 37
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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