Job 37:7 - Exposition

He sealeth up the hand of every man . In the winter season, when the snow falls, and the heavy rains pour down ( Job 37:6 ), God "seeleth up the hand of every man;" i.e. puts an end to ordinary out-of-doors labour, and establishes a time of pause or rest (comp. Homer, ' II .,' 17.549). He does this with the object that all men may know his work; i.e. that, during the time of their enforced idleness, men may have leisure for reflection, and may employ it in meditating upon him and his marvellous "work."