Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
Measures - of its proportions. Image from an architect's plans of a building.
Line - of measurement (Isaiah 28:17). The earth is formed on an all-wise plan.
Verse Job 38:5. _WHO HATH LAID THE MEASURES THEREOF_] Who hath adjusted its polar and equatorial distances from the centre? _WHO HATH STRETCHED THE LINE_] Who hath formed its zones and its great cir...
WHO HATH LAID THE MEASURES THEREOF - That is, as an architect applies his measures when he rears a house. IF THOU KNOWEST - Or rather, “for thou knowest.” The expression is wholly ironical, and is de...
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...
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...
Yahweh, speaking to Job out of the storm, challenges him to the contest, which he has so often demanded....
_if thou knowest_ Rather, THAT THOU SHOULDEST KNOW. Job knew well who laid (rather, FIXED) the measures of the earth, but the point of the question is, Was he present to see who fixed them and how the...
A survey of the inanimate creation, the wonders of earth and sky the earth, Job 38:4; the heavens, Job 38:18...
Earth and sea....
WHO HATH LAID THE MEASURES THEREOF— See 2 Samuel 8:2....
_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.
WHO HATH LAID] RV 'Who determined.'...
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...
God created the world. This was a wonderful event (Proverbs 8:22-31). This event showed God’s wisdom and God’s skill. God’s servants in heaven were so happy to see God’s work. Job did not even see thi...
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...
מִי ־שָׂ֣ם מְ֭מַדֶּיהָ כִּ֣י תֵדָ֑ע אֹ֤ו מִֽי
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....
DIVINE POWER AND HUMAN IGNORANCE Job 38:1 When the storm had ceased and the thunder was hushed, a voice spoke out of the golden splendor of the sky. See Job 37:21. Job had challenged God to answer hi...
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...
_Upon it. He speaks of the world as of a vast house, (Calmet) or palace, (Menochius) in which the Architect has shewn his art. (Haydock)_...
(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? ...
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...
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...
WHO HATH LAID THE MEASURES THEREOF, IF THOU KNOWEST?.... Did God or a creature? The Lord, no doubt. He laid them out in his divine mind, and laid them forth by his divine power; who does all things by...
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Ver. 5. _Who hath laid the measures thereof_] In that circumference and diameter that it holdeth? _ If tho...
_Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?_ When I settled it as firm upon its own centre as if it had been built upon the surest foundations? Then thou wast nowhere; thou hadst no bei...
THE MANIFESTATION OF GOD'S MAJESTY IN CREATION...
Who hath laid the measures thereof if thou knowest? so that Job should know the proportions and plans; for the figure is taken from an architects' plans and sketches. OR WHO HATH STRETCHED THE LINE UP...
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...
4-11 For the humbling of Job, God here shows him his ignorance, even concerning the earth and the sea. As we cannot find fault with God's work, so we need not fear concerning it. The works of his prov...
Who hath prescribed how long and broad and deep it should be? OR WHO HATH STRETCHED THE LINE, to wit, the measuring line, to regulate all its dimensions, so as might be most convenient both for beauty...
Job 38:5 determined H7760 (H8804) measurements H4461 know H3045 (H8799) stretched H5186 (H8804) line H6957 l
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...
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...
JOB 38:1 Challenge: The Lord Answers Job. The Lord responds in two speeches, each followed by a brief response from Job. Aware of God as never before, Job responds by humbly submitting to God’s sovere...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 38:4 Job had begun by lamenting his birth and the timing of his life (ch. Job 3:1). Using the same language of birth, the Lord now asks Job about the birth of the universe. Can Job exp...
_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...
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...
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...
2 Corinthians 10:16; Isaiah 34:11; Isaiah 40:12; Isaiah 40:22; Job
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....
Measures — Who hath prescribed how long and broad and deep it should be. Line — the measuring line to regulate all its dimensions....