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Verse Job 37:4. _AFTER IT A VOICE ROARETH_] After the flash has been
seen, the peal is heard; and this will be more or fewer seconds after
the peal, in proportion to the distance of the thunder cloud...
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AFTER IT A VOICE ROARETH - After the lightning; that is, the flash is
seen before the thunder is heard. This is apparent to all, the
interval between the lightning and the hearing of the thunder
depen...
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CHAPTER S 36:22--37:24
_ 1. God's power and presence in nature (Job 36:22)_
2. The thunderstorm (Job 37:1)
3. The snow and the rain (Job 37:6)
4. Elihu's concluding remarks ...
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Elihu trembles at this. Listen to the thunder. First the lightning
flashes (Job 37:3) then the thunder follows (Job 37:4 f.).
Job 37:2 suggests that a thunderstorm was actually taking place while
Elih...
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Job 36:26-33. The greatness and unsearchableness of God, seen in His
marvellous operations in the skies; and exhortation to Job to allow
these wonders duly to impress him, and to bow beneath the great...
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_with the voice of his excellency_ Rather, WITH HIS VOICE OF MAJESTY.
_he will not stay them_ Rather, he STAYETH them not; He restrains not
His lightnings. The words describe the play of the lightning...
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F. THE CREATOR AND THE CREATION (Job 37:1-24)
1. The marvelous activity of God in nature (Job 37:1-13)
TEXT 37:1-13
37 Yea, at this my heart trembleth,
And is moved oat of its place.
2 Hear, oh,...
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37:4 flashes (p-19) Lit. 'them.' see preceding verse....
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THEM] the flashes and thunderclaps.
6C. RV 'And to the showers of his mighty rain.'
7B. RV 'That all men whom he hath made may know _it.'_The suspension
of work by storms shows men that they are sub...
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THE SPEECHES OF ELIHU (CONCLUDED)
2. The thunder is frequently called the voice of God: cp. Psalms 29.
SOUND] RM 'muttering.'...
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For many Chapter s, Job and his friends had talked about God. Some
things that they said were correct. But other things were wrong. Job
and his friends were talking about things that they did not know...
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
This commentary has been through Advanced Checking.
CHAPTER 37
ELIHU INTRODUCES GOD TO...
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AFTER IT A VOICE ROARETH — _i.e.,_ the thunderclap which follows the
lightning-flash.
AND HE STAYETH THEM NOT (or will not stay them) WHEN HIS VOICE IS
HEARD. — What does this mean? We understand it,...
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אַחֲרָ֤יו ׀ יִשְׁאַג ־קֹ֗ול יַ֭רְעֵם
בְּ קֹ֣ול...
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XXVI.
THE DIVINE PREROGATIVE
Job 35:1; Job 36:1; Job 37:1
AFTER a long digression Elihu returns to consider the statement
ascribed to Job, "It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight
himself...
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THE LIGHT IN THE CLOUDS
Job 37:1
As Elihu spoke a thunder-storm was gathering, and much of the imagery
of this chapter is suggested by that fact. The little group listened
to the sound of God's voice...
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The description of the storm commenced in the previous chapter and is
here completed. There is first the drawing up of the water into the
clouds, their spreading over the sky, the strange mutterings o...
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After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his
excellency; and he will not stay (c) them when his voice is heard.
(c) Meaning, the rains and thunders....
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After. Light travels faster than sound, (Haydock) though thunder and
lightning are produced at the same instant. (Calmet) --- Found out.
Philosophers can only propose their conjectures on the cause of...
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(1) В¶ At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his
place. (2) Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that
goeth out of his mouth. (3) He directeth it under the whole heave...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 32 THROUGH 37.
But these spiritual affections of Job did not prevent his turning this
consciousness of integrity into a robe of self-righteousness which hid
G...
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AFTER IT A VOICE ROARETH,.... After the lightning comes a violent
crack or clap of thunder, which is like the roaring of a lion. Such is
the order of thunder and lightning, according to our sense and...
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After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his
excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
Ver. 4. _After it a voice roareth_] After it, that is, after the
lightning...
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_He directeth it_ Namely, his voice, his thunder; _under the whole
heaven_ It is heard far and near, for he darts it through the whole
region of the air: _and his lightning_, &c. Preceded by terrible,...
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After it a voice roareth, the thunder-clap following after the flash;
HE THUNDERETH WITH THE VOICE OF HIS EXCELLENCY, in token of His great
majesty; AND HE WILL NOT STAY THEM, not restrain the lightni...
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THE LAST WORD ON THE MIRACLES IN NATUREV. 1. AT THIS, namely, the
powerful exhibition of God's majesty, as just described, ALSO MY HEART
TREMBLETH AND IS MOVED OUT OF HIS PLACE, springing up, giving a...
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MAN'S IMPOTENCE IN THE STORM
(vv.1-5)
As the storm breaks upon them, Elihu himself trembles (v.1). The
thunder of God's voice calls for man's close attention and His
lightning spreads over the whole...
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Yes, all of this is beyond man's comprehension. God will make the same
point to Job in the next Chapter s (38-41), that is, if Job is
ignorant of even how God governs the physical creation, then why i...
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1-13 The changes of the weather are the subject of a great deal of
our thoughts and common talk; but how seldom do we think and speak of
these things, as Elihu, with a regard to God, the director of...
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AFTER IT A VOICE, i.e. after the lightning. For though the thunder be
in order of nature before the lightning, yet the lightning is seen
before the thunder is heard. WITH THE VOICE OF HIS EXCELLENCY,...
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Job 37:4 After H310 voice H6963 roars H7580 (H8799) thunders H7481
(H8686) majestic H1347 voice H6963 restrain...
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CONTENTS: Elihu's discourse continued. God's majesty.
CHARACTERS: God, Elihu, Job.
CONCLUSION: We must all own that our finite understandings cannot
comprehend the infinite perfections of God, but w...
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Job 37:5. _God thundereth marvellously with his voice._ See on Psalms
29. This chapter is divided from the former, in the midst of a sublime
description of a storm.
Job 37:22. The golden splendour _co...
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_Hear attentively the noise of His voice._
WHAT IS ELIHU’S MESSAGE
What he really contributes to the main argument of the book is, that
suffering may be medicinal, corrective, fructifying, as well as...
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_ELIHU’S FOURTH SPEECH CONTINUED_
Elihu continues his discourse, apparently in the midst of loud
thunder-claps, suddenly issuing from the storm-cloud out of which the
Almighty was about to speak, and...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 37:1
It has been already remarked that there is no natural division between
Job 36:1 and Job 37:1.—the description of the thunderstorm and its
effects runs on. From its effect on cattl...
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At this also my heart trembled, and is moved out of his place. Hear
attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of
his mouth. He directs it under the whole heaven, and his lightni...
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Deuteronomy 33:26; Exodus 15:7; Exodus 15:8; Job 36:27; Psalms 29:3;...
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After — After the lightning, which is seen before the thunder is
hard. Them — The lightnings spoken of in the beginning of the verse....