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Verse Job 38:25. _DIVIDED A WATER-COURSE_] The original תעלה
_tealah_, from עלה _alah, to ascend_, may signify rather a _cloud_,
or _clouds_ in general, where the waters are _stored up_. I cannot see...
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WHO HATH DIVIDED A WATER-COURSE FOR THE OVERFLOWING OF WATERS - That
is, for the waters that flow down from the clouds. The idea seems to
be this, that the waters of heaven, instead of pouring down in...
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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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_for the overflowing of waters_ Rather, FOR THE RAIN-FLOOD. The second
clause indicates that by the "watercourse" is meant the conduit
(Isaiah 7:3) or channel cut through the arch of the heavens, down...
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The stormy wind, rain and lightning....
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The wonders of the heavens....
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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 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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_WHO HATH DIVIDED A WATERCOURSE FOR THE OVERFLOWING OF WATERS, OR A
WAY FOR THE LIGHTNING OF THUNDER;_
Waters. Rain falls, not in a mass on one spot, but in countless
separate canals in the air marke...
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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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'Who has made a channel for the tropical rain to pour down from the
heavens through the skies?'
26, 27. God's providence neglects no part of His creation. Job had at
the most thought of man, but main...
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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...
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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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WHO HATH DIVIDED A WATERCOURSE. — Rather, _cleft a channel for the
water-flood.
_...
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מִֽי ־פִלַּ֣ג לַ † שֶּׁ֣טֶף תְּעָלָ֑ה
וְ֝...
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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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_Noisy. Hebrew, "for lightning, which accompanies thunder?" By these
questions, respecting things which to man are impossible, and many
inexplicable, God humbles (Calmet) the pride of the human heart....
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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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WHO HATH DIVIDED A WATERCOURSE FOR THE OVERFLOWING OF WATERS,.... For
a very large shower of rain, as the Vulgate Latin version: for this is
not to be understood of an aqueduct, channel, or canal made...
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Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way
for the lightning of thunder;
Ver. 25. Who hath divided (or derived) a watercourse for the
overflowing of waters] That is, the w...
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_Who hath divided a water-course_, &c. For the showers of rain, which
come down orderly and gradually, as if they were conveyed in pipes or
channels; which, without the care of God's providence, would...
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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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Job was equally ignorant of how God cuts. channel or path for the rain
and the thunderbolt, seeing that no visible "channel" is seen. God's
gracious providence also extends far beyond mankind. God sen...
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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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FOR THE OVERFLOWING OF WATERS; for the showers of rain which come down
out of the clouds, orderly, moderately, and gradually, as if they were
conveyed in pipes or channels; which, without the care of...
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Job 38:25 divided H6385 (H8765) channel H8585 overflowing H7858 path
H1870 thunderbolt H2385 H6963...
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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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_To cause it to rain on the earth._
RAIN AND GRACE-A COMPARISON
We shall work out a parallel between grace and rain.
I. God alone giveth rain and the same is true of grace. We say of rain
and of gra...
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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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Job 28:26; Job 36:27; Job 36:28; Job 37:3; Psalms 29:3...
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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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Overflowing — For the showers of rain which come down orderly, and
gradually, as if they were conveyed in pipes or channels; which,
without the care of God's providence, would fall confusedly, and
ove...