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Verse Job 38:35. _CANST THOU SEND LIGHTNINGS_] We have already seen
that the lightning is supposed to be immediately in the _hand_ and
under the _management_ of God. The great god of the heathen, _Ju...
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CANST THOU SEND LIGHTNINGS? - That is, lightning is wholly under the
control of God. So it is now; for after all that man has done to
discover its laws, and to guard against it, yet still man has made...
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V. THE LORD'S TESTIMONY TO JOB AND CONTROVERSY WITH HIM
CHAPTER 38:1-38
_ 1. The Lord speaks to Job (Job 38:1)_
2. The questions of the Lord (Job 38:4)
Job 38:1. The voice of man is hushed; the voi...
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THE WONDERS OF THE INANIMATE CREATION. Where was Job when the earth
was made? The work of creation is described as the building of a
house. In Job 38:7 the stars, which are older than the world (contr...
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The direction of the regular movements of the heavens, and their
influence upon the earth....
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A survey of the inanimate creation, the wonders of earth and sky the
earth, Job 38:4; the heavens, Job 38:18...
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The wonders of the heavens....
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For _canst thou_it is better, as before, to read, DOST THOU?...
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CANST THOU SEND LIGHTNINGS THAT THEY MAY GO, AND SAY UNTO THEE, HERE
WE ARE?— Nothing can be more elevated and sublime than this verse.
How strong the image! how simple the expression! We read of wing...
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_THE SHATTERING OF SILENCE_
VI. THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND THE PENITENCE OF JOB (Job 38:1, Job 42:6)
A.
INTEGRITY, CERTAINTY, AND KNOWLEDGE (Job 38:1, Job 40:2)
1.
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THE FIRST SPEECH OF THE ALMIGHTY (JOB 38:39)
The marvels of creation, which witness to the infinite wisdom, power,
and watchful care of the Creator, are presented to Job in such a way
as to force fro...
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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 38
GOD BEGINS HIS SPEECH...
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Job and his friends had just watched a storm. And the storm impressed
them. The lightning was very powerful. The rain changed the solid
ground into mud. Job had said that God’s power was like the powe...
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הַֽ תְשַׁלַּ֣ח בְּרָקִ֣ים וְ יֵלֵ֑כוּ
וְ יֹאמ
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XXVII.
"MUSIC IN THE BOUNDS OF LAW"
Job 38:1
OVER the shadowed life of Job, and the world shadowed for him by his
own intellectual and moral gloom, a storm sweeps, and from the storm
issues a voice....
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WHAT MAN CANNOT DO
Job 38:19
In this chapter a number of nature-pictures pass before us. These
include the creation of the earth, Job 38:4; the sea, Job 38:8; light,...
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Here begins the third movement in the great drama, that which deals
with the controversy between Jehovah and Job. Out of the midst of the
whirlwind the divine voice speaks. Its first word is a challen...
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(4) В¶ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?
declare, if thou hast understanding. (5) Who hath laid the measures
thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? ...
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God Speaks Job Repents
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Last week we covered a lot of territory!
1. We finished with Elihu's speeches to Job and found that, although
he was a lot more accurate in what he had to...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 38 THROUGH 42.
Jehovah then speaks, and addressing Job, carries on the subject. He
makes Job sensible of his nothingness. Job confesses himself to be
vile, an...
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CANST THOU SEND LIGHTNINGS, THAT THEY MAY GO, AND SAY UNTO THEE, HERE
WE [ARE]?] Thy humble servants; we have been where thou didst send us,
and have executed what we were bid to do, and are returned,...
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Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here
we [are]?
Ver. 35. _Canst thou send lightnings?_] _Nunquid emittes._ Canst thou
send forth lightnings and thunder bolts, as hurtf...
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_Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds?_ Either thundering in
them, or calling to them with a loud voice, and commanding them to
rain. _That abundance of waters may cover thee?_ That is, may cove...
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Canst thou send lightnings that they may go, at the command of Job,
AND SAY UNTO THEE, HERE WE ARE, namely, at his disposal, ready to do
his bidding?...
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God's Majesty in the Wonders above the Earth...
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Marvellously, God Himself directly intervenes in this discussion so
early in the history of man. The storm that had been brewing as Elihu
spoke becomes a whirlwind, and God spoke to Job out of the whi...
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HERE WE ARE?:
_ Heb._ behold us...
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Neither can he command or direct lightning....
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25-41 Hitherto God had put questions to Job to show him his
ignorance; now God shows his weakness. As it is but little that he
knows, he ought not to arraign the Divine counsels; it is but little
he...
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CANST THOU SEND at thy pleasure, and upon thy errand? HERE WE ARE; an
expression of servants, declaring their readiness to obey their
masters commands; of which SEE POOLE ON "GENESIS 22:1" SEE POOLE O...
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Job 38:35 send H7971 (H8762) lightnings H1300 go H3212 (H8799) say
H559 (H8799) to you Here we are
Canst -...
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CONTENTS: God's challenge to Job.
CHARACTERS: God, Job.
CONCLUSION: Those who try to call God to account, will be called to
account. Seeking to establish one's own character and darkening the
counse...
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Job 38:1. _The whirlwind._ Clouds and flames are the chariots of the
Lord, in deigning to speak with men. When he spake to Elijah in Horeb,
it was with wind, and fire, and earthquake. Likewise in Psal...
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_Canst thou send lightnings?_
SPIRITUAL TELEGRAPHY
Lightning is not a thing of yesterday. Whether Job knew the philosophy
of lightning, or the facts of science, as taught in modern times; or
whether,...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 38:12 The Lord reminds Job that he cannot see fully
what the Lord is doing about justice and judgment (see vv. Job 38:13,...
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_JEHOVAH’S ADDRESS TO JOB_
Elihu had now said all he intended. Possibly interrupted by the storm
which had been gathering during his speech. Out of the storm-cloud,
from which already issued thunders...
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CLOSE OF THE CONTROVERSY BY THE INTERFERENCE OF THE ALMIGHTY.
EXPOSITION
The discourse, by which the Almighty answers Job and rebukes his
"friends," occupies four chapters (ch. 38-41.). It is broken...
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Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Who is this
that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy
loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou m...
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1 Samuel 22:12; 2 Kings 1:10; 2 Kings 1:14; Exodus 9:23; Exodus 9:29;...
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GOD SPEAKS TO JOB
Job 38:1 _to Job 42:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
God's words to Job do not carry much by way of the explanation of
redemption. Job was a child of God, and well-instructed on those
lines....