Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
Job 37:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 He sealeth up the hand of every man; That all men whom he hath made may know it. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He sealeth up the hand of every man; That all men may know his work. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition God seals up (stops, brings to a standstill by severe weather) the hand of every man [and now under His seal their hands are forced to inactivity], that all men whom He has made may know His doings (His sovereign power and their subjection to it). American Standard Version (1901) He sealeth up the hand of every man, That all men whom he hath made may know it. Common English Bible He stamps the hand of every person so all can know his work. Catholic Public Domain Version He signs the hand of all men, so that each one may know his works. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He sealeth up the hand of all men, that every one may know his works. |
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
That they may know that this is thy hand; That thou, LORD, hast done it.
The works of the LORD are great, Sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Come, behold the works of the LORD, What desolations he hath made in the earth.
And all men shall fear; And they shall declare the work of God, And shall wisely consider of his doing.
For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
LORD, thy hand is lifted up, yet they see not: but they shall see thy zeal for the people, and be ashamed; yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries.
And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.