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Job 37:7 King James He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
In winter God stops man's out-of-doors activity.

sealeth--closeth up (Job 9:7). Man's "hands" are then tied up.

his work--in antithesis to man's own work ("hand") which at other times engages men so as to make them liable to forget their dependence on God. UMBREIT more literally translates, That all men whom He has made (literally, "of His making") may be brought to acknowledgment."
 
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7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.