Job 37:1
_AT THIS ALSO MY HEART TREMBLETH, AND IS MOVED OUT OF HIS PLACE._ At this - when I hear the thundering of the Divine Majesty. Perhaps the storm already had begun out of which God was to address Job (Job 38:1).... [ Continue Reading ]
_AT THIS ALSO MY HEART TREMBLETH, AND IS MOVED OUT OF HIS PLACE._ At this - when I hear the thundering of the Divine Majesty. Perhaps the storm already had begun out of which God was to address Job (Job 38:1).... [ Continue Reading ]
_HEAR ATTENTIVELY THE NOISE OF HIS VOICE, AND THE SOUND THAT GOETH OUT OF HIS MOUTH._ Hear attentively - the thunder ("noise"), etc., and then you will feel that there is good reason to tremble. SOUND - muttering of the thunder.... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE DIRECTETH IT UNDER THE WHOLE HEAVEN, AND HIS LIGHTNING UNTO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH._ Directeth it - however zig-zag the lighting's course; or, rather, it applies to the peeling roll of the thunder. God's all-embracing power is implied. ENDS - literally, wings, skirts, the habitable earth being... [ Continue Reading ]
_AFTER IT A VOICE ROARETH: HE THUNDERETH WITH THE VOICE OF HIS EXCELLENCY; AND HE WILL NOT STAY THEM WHEN HIS VOICE IS HEARD._ After it - after the lightning the voice roareth. The thunder-clap follows at an interval after the flash. STAY THEM - He will not hold back the lightnings (Job 37:3) whe... [ Continue Reading ]
_GOD THUNDERETH MARVELLOUSLY WITH HIS VOICE; GREAT THINGS DOETH HE, WHICH WE CANNOT COMPREHEND._ Great things ... which we cannot comprehend - (Job 36:26; Psalms 65:6; Psalms 139:14). The sublimity of the description lies in this, that God is everywhere in the storm, directing it where He will (Bar... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR HE SAITH TO THE SNOW, BE THOU ON THE EARTH; LIKEWISE TO THE SMALL RAIN, AND TO THE GREAT RAIN OF HIS STRENGTH._ Be - more forcible than 'fall,' as Umbreit translates (Genesis 1:3). х_ HªWEE'_ (H1933), from _ HAWAAH_ (H1933), to fall. But this is the Arabic sense. The Septuagint, as the English... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE SEALETH UP THE HAND OF EVERY MAN; THAT ALL MEN MAY KNOW HIS WORK._ 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 be liable to for... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN THE BEASTS GO INTO DENS, AND REMAIN IN THEIR PLACES._ Remain - rest in their lairs, It is beautifully ordered that, during the cold, when they could not obtain food, many lie torpid-a state wherein they need no food. The desolation of the fields, at God's bidding, is poetically graphic.... [ Continue Reading ]
_OUT OF THE SOUTH COMETH THE WHIRLWIND: AND COLD OUT OF THE NORTH._ South - literally, chamber; connected with the south х_ CHEDER_ (H2315)] (cf. note, Job 9:9). The whirlwinds are poetically regarded as pent up by God in His south chambers, whence He sends them forth (so Job 38:22; Psalms 135:7, ... [ Continue Reading ]
_BY THE BREATH OF GOD FROST IS GIVEN: AND THE BREADTH OF THE WATERS IS STRAITENED._ Frost - rather, ice. THE BREATH OF GOD - poetically for the ice-producing north wind. STRAITENED - physically accurate: frost compresses or contracts the expanded liquid into a congealed mass (Job 38:29; Psalms... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALSO BY WATERING HE WEARIETH THE THICK CLOUD: HE SCATTERETH HIS BRIGHT CLOUD:_ How the thunder-clouds are dispersed, or else employed by God either for correction or mercy. BY WATERING - by loading it with water. WEARIETH, х_ YATRIYACH_ (H2959)] - burdeneth it, so that it falls in rain: thus ... [ Continue Reading ]
_HEARKEN UNTO THIS, O JOB: STAND STILL, AND CONSIDER THE WONDROUS WORKS OF GOD._ (Psalms 111:2.)... [ Continue Reading ]
_DOST THOU KNOW WHEN GOD DISPOSED THEM, AND CAUSED THE LIGHT OF HIS CLOUD TO SHINE?_ WHEN - rather, how. DISPOSED THEM - lays His charge on х_ BªSUWM_ (H7760) _ `AL_ (H5921)] these wonders (Job 37:14) to arise. LIGHT - lightning. SHINE - flash. How is it that light arises from the dark thunder... [ Continue Reading ]
_DOST THOU KNOW THE BALANCINGS OF THE CLOUDS, THE WONDROUS WORKS OF HIM WHICH IS PERFECT IN KNOWLEDGE?_ Hebrew, 'Hast thou understanding of the balancings,' etc., how the clouds are poised in the air, so that their watery gravity does not bring them to the earth? The condensed moisture, descending... [ Continue Reading ]
_HOW THY GARMENTS ARE WARM, WHEN HE QUIETETH THE EARTH BY THE SOUTH WIND?_ Thy garments - i:e., how thy body grows warm, so as to affect thy garments with heat? SOUTH WIND - literally, region of the south х_ DAAROWM_ (H1864)]. 'When He maketh still (and sultry) the earth (i:e., the atmosphere) b... [ Continue Reading ]
_HAST THOU WITH HIM SPREAD OUT THE SKY, WHICH IS STRONG, AND AS A MOLTEN LOOKING GLASS?_ _ HAST THOU WITH HIM SPREAD OUT THE SKY, WHICH IS STRONG, AND AS A MOLTEN LOOKING GLASS?_ With him - like as he does (Job 40:15). SPREAD OUT - given expanse to. STRONG - firm; whence the term "firmament" (G... [ Continue Reading ]
_TEACH US WHAT WE SHALL SAY UNTO HIM; FOR WE CANNOT ORDER OUR SPEECH BY REASON OF DARKNESS._ Men cannot explain God's wonders; we ought, therefore, to be dumb, and not contend with God. If Job thinks we ought, let him "teach us what we shall say." ORDER - frame. DARKNESS - of mind; ignorance. '... [ Continue Reading ]
_SHALL IT BE TOLD HIM THAT I SPEAK? IF A MAN SPEAK, SURELY HE SHALL BE SWALLOWED UP._ What I, a mortal, say against God's dealings is not worthy of being told HIM. In opposition to Job's wish to "speak" before God (Job 13:3; Job 13:18). IF A MAN SPEAK, SURELY HE SHALL BE SWALLOWED UP. The paralle... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND NOW MEN SEE NOT THE BRIGHT LIGHT WHICH IS IN THE CLOUDS: BUT THE WIND PASSETH, AND CLEANSETH THEM._ Cleanseth - i:e., cleareth the air of clouds. When the "light" of the sun (the same Hebrew is translated light here and sun in Job 31:26), previously 'not seen' through "clouds," suddenly shines... [ Continue Reading ]
_FAIR WEATHER COMETH OUT OF THE NORTH: WITH GOD IS TERRIBLE MAJESTY._ Rather, golden splendour. Maurer translates, gold. It is found in northern regions. But God cannot be 'found out,' because of His "majesty." Thus Job 28:1 corresponds; the English version is simpler. THE NORTH - brightness is ch... [ Continue Reading ]
_TOUCHING THE ALMIGHTY, WE CANNOT FIND HIM OUT: HE IS EXCELLENT IN POWER, AND IN JUDGMENT, AND IN PLENTY OF JUSTICE: HE WILL NOT AFFLICT._ AFFLICT - oppressively, so as to 'pervert judgment,' as Job implied (note, Job 8:3); but see end of note, Job 21:1, above х_ LO'_ (H3808) _ Yª`ANEH_ (H6031)]. Th... [ Continue Reading ]
_MEN DO THEREFORE FEAR HIM: HE RESPECTETH NOT ANY THAT ARE WISE OF HEART._ Do - rather, ought. WISE - in their own conceits. Remarks: (1) None of the operations in nature are haphazard-they are all under God's immediate direction (Job 37:3). The lightning flash has its appointed destination, an... [ Continue Reading ]