New King James Version
Job 37:7
7He seals the hand of every man, That all men 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 Living Translation (NLT)Then everyone stops working so they can watch his power.
Context of Job 37:7
5God thunders marvelously with His voice; He does great things which we cannot comprehend. 6For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth’; Likewise to the gentle rain and the heavy rain of His strength. He seals the hand of every man, That all men may know His work. 8The beasts go into dens, And remain in their lairs. 9From the chamber of the south comes the whirlwind, And cold from the scattering winds of the north.
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 devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot carry out their plans.
- Job 9:7He commands the sun, and it does not rise; He seals off the stars;
- Job 36:24“Remember to magnify His work, Of which men have sung.
- Psalms 46:8Come, behold the works of the Lord, Who has made desolations in the earth.
- Psalms 64:8So He will make them stumble over their own tongue; All who see them shall flee away.
- Psalms 92:4For You, Lord, have made me glad through Your work; I will triumph in the works of Your hands.
- Psalms 109:27That they may know that this is Your hand— That You, Lord, have done it!
- Psalms 111:2The works of the Lord are great, Studied by all who have pleasure in them.
- Ecclesiastes 8:17then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. For though a man labors to discover it, yet he will not find it; moreover, though a wise man attempts to know it, he will not be able to find it.
- Isaiah 5:12The harp and the strings, The tambourine and flute, And wine are in their feasts; But they do not regard the work of the Lord, Nor consider the operation of His hands.
- Isaiah 26:11Lord, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see. But they will see and be ashamed For their envy of people; Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.
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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