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Verse Job 38:12. _HAST THOU COMMANDED THE MORNING_] This refers to
_dawn_ or _morning twilight_, occasioned by the _refraction_ of the
_solar_ _rays_ by means of the _atmosphere_; so that we receive...
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HAST THOU COMMANDED THE MORNING SINCE THY DAYS - That is, in thy
lifetime hast thou ordered the light of the morning to shine, and
directed its beams over the world? God appeals to this as one of the...
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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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Yahweh, speaking to Job out of the storm, challenges him to the
contest, which he has so often demanded....
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THE MORNING. See the Alternation below, verses: Job 38:12....
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_since thy days_ i. e. since thou wast born, all thy life. The
question, naturally, implies the other query, whether Job be coeval
with the dawn?
_the dayspring_ i. e. the dawn....
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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 dawn that daily overspreads the earth....
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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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_HAST THOU COMMANDED THE MORNING SINCE THY DAYS; AND CAUSED THE
DAYSPRING TO KNOW HIS PLACE;_
Passing from creation to phenomena in the existing inanimate world.
Verse 12. HAST THOU - as God daily d...
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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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SINCE THY DAYS] RV adds 'began.'...
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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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The men were afraid of the night. During the night, evil people seemed
to be more powerful (Job 24:13-17). And the darkness reminded the men
about death (Job 10:21-22).
God explained that he causes t...
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AND CAUSED THE DAYSPRING TO KNOW HIS PLACE. — Changing, as it does,
from day to day with the changing seasons....
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הְֽ֭ מִ יָּמֶיךָ צִוִּ֣יתָ בֹּ֑קֶר
_יִדַּ֖עְתָּ_† _הַ_†_שַּׁ֣חַר_
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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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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...
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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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Hast thou commanded the (i) morning since thy days; [and] caused the
dayspring to know his place;
(i) That is, to rise, since you were born?...
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_Place. Thou art but as yesterday: where is thy power? (Calmet)_...
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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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HAST THOU COMMANDED THE MORNING SINCE THY DAYS;.... Job had lived to
see many a morning, but it never was in his power to command one; he
had been in such circumstances as to wish for morning light be...
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Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; [and] caused the
dayspring to know his place;
Ver. 12. _Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days_] It may be
thou wilt say, These are ancient thi...
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_Hast thou commanded the morning?_ That is, the morning light, or the
sun, which is the cause of it. Didst thou create the sun, and appoint
the order and succession of day and night. _Since thy days _...
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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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God's control of the earth is also demonstrated by the daily sequence
of dawn and darkness. God brings the dawn every single day, and this
is something that Job had never done in his lifetime. The "da...
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12-24 The Lord questions Job, to convince him of his ignorance, and
shame him for his folly in prescribing to God. If we thus try
ourselves, we shall soon be brought to own that what we know is
nothi...
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THE MORNING, i.e. the morning light, or the sun, which is the cause of
it. Didst thou create the sun, and appoint the order and succession of
day and night? SINCE THY DAYS; since thou wast born. This...
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Job 38:12 commanded H6680 (H8765) morning H1242 days H3117 dawn H7837
know H3045 (H8765) place H4725
comm
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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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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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2 Peter 1:19; Genesis 1:5; Job 15:7; Job 38:21; Job 38:4;...
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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....
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Morning — Didst thou create the sun, and appoint the order and
succession of day and night. Since — Since thou wast born: this work
was done long before thou wast born. To know — To observe the
punctu...