Job 9:7

9:7 he who commands the sun and ¹  it does not shine ² 

and seals up ³  the stars;

Job 36:10

36:10 And he reveals ⁴  this ⁵  for correction,

and says that they must turn ⁶  from evil.

Job 36:32

36:32 With his hands ⁷  he covers ⁸  the lightning,

and directs it against its target.

Job 37:12

37:12 The clouds ⁹  go round in circles,

wheeling about according to his plans,

to carry out ¹⁰  all that he commands them

over the face of the whole inhabited world.

[9:7]  ¹ tn The form could also be subordinated, “that it shine not” (see further GKC 323 §109.g).

[9:7]  ² tn The verb זָרַח (zarakh) means “rise.” This is the ordinary word for the sunrise. But here it probably has the idea of “shine; glisten,” which is also attested in Hebrew and Aramaic.

[9:7]  ³ tn The verb חָתַם (khatam) with בְּעַד (bÿ’ad) before its complement, means “to seal; to wall up; to enclose.” This is a poetic way of saying that God prevents the stars from showing their light.

[36:10]  ⁴ tn The idiom once again is “he uncovers their ear.”

[36:10]  ⁵ tn The revelation is in the preceding verse, and so a pronoun must be added to make the reference clear.

[36:10]  ⁶ tn The verb שׁוּב (shuv, “to turn; to return”) is one of the two major words in the OT for “repent” – to return from evil. Here the imperfect should be obligatory – they must do it.

[36:32]  ⁷ tn R. Gordis (Job, 422) prefers to link this word with the later Hebrew word for “arch,” not “hands.”

[36:32]  ⁸ tn Because the image might mean that God grabs the lightning and hurls it like a javelin (cf. NLT), some commentators want to change “covers” to other verbs. Dhorme has “lifts” (נִשָּׂא [nissa’] for כִּסָּה [kissah]). This fit the idea of God directing the lightning bolts.

[37:12]  ¹⁰ tn The words “the clouds” are supplied from v. 11; the sentence itself actually starts: “and it goes round,” referring to the cloud.

[37:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “that it may do.”