Revised Literal Translation
Job 37:7
7He sealeth up 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 King James Version (NKJV)He seals the hand of every man, That all men may know His work.
Context of Job 37:7
5God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend. 6For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work. 8Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places. 9Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
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בְּיַד־כָּל־אָדָ֥ם יַחְתּ֑וֹם לָ֝דַ֗עַת כָּל־אַנְשֵׁ֥י מַעֲשֵֽׂהוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 37:7
- Job 5:12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
- Job 9:7Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
- Job 36:24Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
- Psalms 46:8Come, behold the works of Yhwh, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
- Psalms 64:8So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
- Psalms 92:4For thou, Yhwh, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
- Psalms 109:27That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, Yhwh, hast done it.
- Psalms 111:2The works of Yhwh are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
- Ecclesiastes 8:17Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
- Isaiah 5:12And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of Yhwh, neither consider the operation of his hands.
- Isaiah 26:11Yhwh, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine 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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