JOB 38:1 TO JOB 42:6. THE DIVINE SPEECHES. Here after the Elihu interpolation Job 32-37, we return to the original poem and the solution of Job 31, in which Job summed up his second problem, that of Divine Providence, by challenging God to show the justice of His treatment of himself. The poet has n... [ Continue Reading ]
Yahweh, speaking to Job out of the storm, challenges him to the contest, which he has so often demanded.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 (contrast Genesis 1:16), are thought of as animated beings: the sons of God are the angels. The morning st... [ Continue Reading ]
JOB 38:39 TO JOB 39:30. THE WONDERS OF THE ANIMATE CREATION. In Job 38:39 f. God first names the lion. Man would rather hunt and destroy the lion than feed him. But God cares for the lion as well as for man. So also for the raven (Job 38:41); but perhaps as the raven seems out of place here among th... [ Continue Reading ]