Job 9:7

“Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, etc.] Either he could do it if he would, by a word speaking, as he ordered it to stand still in the times of Joshua, (<061013>Joshua 10:13), and caused the shadow to return ten degrees it had gone back in the dial of Ahaz, in the times of Hezekiah, (<122011>2 Kings 20:11 <233808>Isaiah 38:8); or else the sense is, it rises not at any other time and place but when and where he commands it; or he commands it not to rise in the same place at one time of the year as at another, and it rises not; or this may be understood of eclipses, or of its being covered with clouds in tempestuous weather for a considerable time together, when it seems as if it was…”

“The sun, at His command, does not rise; namely, in an eclipse, or the darkness that accompanies earthquakes (Job 9:6). sealeth up the stars--that is, totally covers as one would seal up a room, that its contents may not be seen.”

“Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not - Schultens supposes that all this is a description of the deluge - when the mountains were removed, when the fountains of the deep were broken up, and when the sun was obscured and seemed not to rise. Others have supposed that it refers to the fact that the sun is darkened by clouds and tempests, and appears not to rise and shine upon the earth. Others suppose that the allusion is to an eclipse; and others, that it is to the power of God, and means that the rising of the sun depends on him, and that if he should choose to give the command, the heavenly bodies would rise and give light no more. It seems probable that the meaning is, that God has…”

“commandeth: Exo 10:21, Exo 10:22; Jos 10:12; Dan 4:35; Amo 4:13, Amo 8:9; Mat 24:29 sealeth: Job 37:7, Job 38:12-15, Job 38:19, Job 38:20; Isa 13:10; Eze 32:7; Luk 21:25, Luk 21:26 Job 9:8”