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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Job 38:24

By what way is the light parted, that is, what road leads there, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth? Both the light and the east wind defy the calculation of men in the swiftness of their changes and in many other points connected with their phenomena.

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See also Job 38:24 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 38:24. _BY WHAT WAY IS THE LIGHT PARTED_] Who can accurately describe the _cause_ and _operation_ of a _thunder cloud_, the cause, nature, and mode of operation of the _lightning_ itself? I...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BY WHAT WAY IS THE LIGHT PARTED - The reference here is to the light of the morning, that seems to come from one point, and to spread itself at once over the whole earth. It seems to be collected in t...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    PART. divide up into parts: as the rays of light in. prism....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The stormy wind, rain and lightning....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The verse seems to mean: Which is the way to where the light is parted, And the east wind spreadeth over the earth? The phrase in clause first is the same as in Job 38:19. The words may mean _by wh...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The wonders of the heavens....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    A survey of the inanimate creation, the wonders of earth and sky the earth, Job 38:4; the heavens, Job 38:18...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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.

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _BY WHAT WAY IS THE LIGHT PARTED, WHICH SCATTERETH THE EAST WIND UPON THE EARTH?_ Is ... parted - parts, so as to diffuse itself over the whole earth, though seeming to come from one point. Light tra...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    God controls the weather. And he uses the weather for his own purposes. He even waters the grass where nobody lives (verse 27). A man would not choose to water that grass. But God controls the whole w...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BY WHAT WAY IS THE LIGHT PARTED? — _i.e.,_ distributed in turn to all the inhabitants of the earth. THE EAST WIND. — As naturally suggested by the origin of light and the mention of it....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אֵי ־זֶ֣ה הַ֭ דֶּרֶךְ יֵחָ֣לֶק אֹ֑ור יָפֵ֖ץ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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,...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER XXXVIII. _ Heat. Hebrew kadim, (Haydock) the "east." Septuagint, "south wind." Perhaps the east winds produced the same bad effects in Egypt, as the south wind did in Judea; (Calmet) or this...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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? ...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BY WHAT WAY IS THE LIGHT PARTED,.... That is, dost thou know by what way it is parted or divided? as at the first creation, when God divided the light from darkness, Genesis 1:4; or at sun rising and...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    By what way is the light parted, [which] scattereth the east wind upon the earth? Ver. 24. _By what way is the light parted_] _sc._ From the clouds by lightning, or from darkness by the sunrising? Kn...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _By what way is the light parted_ Or _dispersed_, or _distributed_, namely, in the air, or upon the face of the earth. This is variously distributed in the world, shining in one place and time, when i...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "WHERE IS THE WAY THAT THE LIGHT IS DIVIDED": "Did he know how light has been distributed around the globe, or how the east wind is scattered" _(Jackson p. 80)._ To this day with all our technology, m...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    BY WHAT WAY; dost thou know all the causes, means, methods, and circumstances of this work of God? _Is the light parted or dispersed or distributed, to wit_, in the air, or upon the face of the earth?...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 38:24 what H335 way H1870 light H216 diffused H2505 (H8735) wind H6921 scattered H6327 (H8686) earth...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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,...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Job 38:12; Job 38:13; Jonah 4:8; Matthew 24:27...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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....

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Distributed — In the air, and upon the face of the earth. This is variously distributed in the world, shining in one place and time, when it doth not shine in another, or for a longer time, or with gr...

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