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Job 9:7–8

He speaks to the sun and it does not shine;g

he seals off the light of the stars.h

He alone stretches out the heavensi

and treads on the waves of the sea.j

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Job 9:7–8 — English Standard Version (ESV)

who commands the sun, and it does not rise;

who seals up the stars;

who alone stretched out the heavens

and trampled the waves of the sea;

Job 9:7–8 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not;

And sealeth up the stars.

Which alone spreadeth out the heavens,

And treadeth upon the waves of the sea.

Job 9:7–8 — New Living Translation (NLT)

If he commands it, the sun won’t rise

and the stars won’t shine.

He alone has spread out the heavens

and marches on the waves of the sea.

Job 9:7–8 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

He commands the sun, and it does not rise;

He seals off the stars;

He alone spreads out the heavens,

And treads on the waves of the sea;

Job 9:7–8 — New Century Version (NCV)

He commands the sun not to shine

and shuts off the light of the stars.

He alone stretches out the skies

and walks on the waves of the sea.

Job 9:7–8 — American Standard Version (ASV)

That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not,

And sealeth up the stars;

That alone stretcheth out the heavens,

And treadeth upon the waves of the sea;

Job 9:7–8 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and he sealeth up the stars; Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the high waves of the sea;

Job 9:7–8 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

He commands the sun not to rise. 

He doesn’t let the stars come out. 

He stretches out the heavens by himself 

and walks on the waves of the sea. 

Job 9:7–8 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

He commands the sun not to shine

and seals off the stars.

He alone stretches out the heavens

and treads on the waves of the sea.

Job 9:7–8 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

who commands the sun, and it does not rise;

who seals up the stars;

who alone stretched out the heavens

and trampled the waves of the Sea;

Job 9:7–8 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

He is the one who commands the sun, and it does not rise,

and he seals up the stars.

He is the one who alone stretches out the heavens

and who tramples on the waves of the sea.

Job 9:7–8 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

When he tells the sun not to shine, it doesn’t.

He turns off the light of the stars.

He’s the only one who can spread the heavens out.

He alone can walk on the waves of the ocean.

Job 9:7–8 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Who commands the sun not to shine,

And sets a seal upon the stars;

Who alone stretches out the heavens

And tramples down the waves of the sea;


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