The Meaning of Job 37:7 Explained

Job 37:7

KJV: He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.

YLT: Into the hand of every man he sealeth, For the knowledge by all men of His work.

Darby: He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.

ASV: He sealeth up the hand of every man, That all men whom he hath made may know it .

Discover Job 37:7

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 37:7?

MEANING: What does Job 37:7 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 37:7 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 37:7?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He sealeth up  the hand  of every man;  that all men  may know  his work. 

What does Job 37:7 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 37:1-24 - The Light In The Clouds
As Elihu spoke a thunder-storm was gathering, and much of the imagery of this chapter is suggested by that fact. The little group listened to the sound of God's voice in the thunder. Peal followed peal without cessation, Job 37:4. The lightly-falling snow and the drenching showers are alike His work, whether they restrain men from their labor in the fields or drive the beasts to their dens, Job 37:8. From the storm Elihu turns naturally to the winter, with its ice and snow, and the frost that binds up the flow of the streams, Job 37:10. All these perform God's bidding in the earth.
How little we know of atmospheric phenomena! Why the north and south winds blow, what is the real nature of the azure, and what the red and gold of the northern lights! We cannot find out the Almighty. He is great and glorious, and cannot be unjust. But let us be more eager to look for the bright light in the clouds. It is always there. A rainbow for every storm; an arbor for every difficult hill; a sure hiding-place in every tempest. Such is Jesus to all who love and trust Him. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 37

1  God is to be feared because of his great works
15  His wisdom is unsearchable in them

What do the individual words in Job 37:7 mean?

The hand of every man He seals that may know all Men His work
בְּיַד־ כָּל־ אָדָ֥ם יַחְתּ֑וֹם לָ֝דַ֗עַת כָּל־ אַנְשֵׁ֥י מַעֲשֵֽׂהוּ

בְּיַד־  The  hand 
Parse: Preposition, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
כָּל־  of  every 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
אָדָ֥ם  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
יַחְתּ֑וֹם  He  seals 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָתַם  
Sense: to seal, seal up, affix a seal.
לָ֝דַ֗עַת  that  may  know 
Parse: Preposition, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
אַנְשֵׁ֥י  Men 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
מַעֲשֵֽׂהוּ  His  work 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מַעֲשֶׂה  
Sense: deed, work.

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