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Verse Job 37:6. _FOR HE SAITH TO THE SNOW, BE THOU ON THE EARTH_]
SNOW is generally defined, "A well-known meteor, formed by the
freezing of the vapours in the atmosphere." We may consider the
format...
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FOR HE SAITH TO THE SNOW - That is, the snow is produced by the
command of God, and is a proof of his wisdom and greatness. The idea
is, that; the formation of snow was an illustration of the wisdom o...
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CHAPTER S 36:22--37:24
_ 1. God's power and presence in nature (Job 36:22)_
2. The thunderstorm (Job 37:1)
3. The snow and the rain (Job 37:6)
4. Elihu's concluding remarks ...
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Elihu trembles at this. Listen to the thunder. First the lightning
flashes (Job 37:3) then the thunder follows (Job 37:4 f.).
Job 37:2 suggests that a thunderstorm was actually taking place while
Elih...
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Another wonder of God's power, snow and frost....
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The verse reads as a whole,
For he saith to the snow, Fall thou on the earth;
Likewise to the showers of rain,
Even to the showers of his mighty rains.
The reference in the second and third clause...
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Job 36:26-33. The greatness and unsearchableness of God, seen in His
marvellous operations in the skies; and exhortation to Job to allow
these wonders duly to impress him, and to bow beneath the great...
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LIKEWISE TO THE SMALL RAIN— _And to the rain dropped plentifully,
and to the storms of rain, Be ye violent._ The meaning of the next
verse is, that, through the violent storm here mentioned, a stop is...
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F. THE CREATOR AND THE CREATION (Job 37:1-24)
1. The marvelous activity of God in nature (Job 37:1-13)
TEXT 37:1-13
37 Yea, at this my heart trembleth,
And is moved oat of its place.
2 Hear, oh,...
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_FOR HE SAITH TO THE SNOW, BE THOU ON THE EARTH; LIKEWISE TO THE SMALL
RAIN, AND TO THE GREAT RAIN OF HIS STRENGTH._
Be - more forcible than 'fall,' as Umbreit translates (Genesis 1:3).
х_ HªWEE'_ (H...
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THE SPEECHES OF ELIHU (CONCLUDED)
2. The thunder is frequently called the voice of God: cp. Psalms 29.
SOUND] RM 'muttering.'...
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For many Chapter s, Job and his friends had talked about God. Some
things that they said were correct. But other things were wrong. Job
and his friends were talking about things that they did not know...
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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 37
ELIHU INTRODUCES GOD TO...
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FOR HE SAITH TO THE SNOW. — All the operations of nature obey the
behest of God — the snow, the gentle showers, the drenching
downpour. By means of these He sealeth up the hand of every man,
obstructi...
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כִּ֤י לַ † שֶּׁ֨לַג ׀ יֹאמַ֗ר הֱוֵ֫א
אָ֥רֶץ...
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XXVI.
THE DIVINE PREROGATIVE
Job 35:1; Job 36:1; Job 37:1
AFTER a long digression Elihu returns to consider the statement
ascribed to Job, "It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight
himself...
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THE LIGHT IN THE CLOUDS
Job 37:1
As Elihu spoke a thunder-storm was gathering, and much of the imagery
of this chapter is suggested by that fact. The little group listened
to the sound of God's voice...
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The description of the storm commenced in the previous chapter and is
here completed. There is first the drawing up of the water into the
clouds, their spreading over the sky, the strange mutterings o...
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For he saith to the snow, Be thou [on] the earth; (d) likewise to the
small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
(d) So that neither small rain nor great, snow nor anything else comes
without...
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(6) В¶ For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to
the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. (7) He sealeth
up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
How b...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 32 THROUGH 37.
But these spiritual affections of Job did not prevent his turning this
consciousness of integrity into a robe of self-righteousness which hid
G...
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FOR HE SAITH TO THE SNOW, BE THOU [ON] THE EARTH,.... In the original
it is, be thou earth: hence one of the Rabbins formed a notion, that
the earth was created from snow under the throne of glory, wh...
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For he saith to the snow, Be thou [on] the earth; likewise to the
small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
Ver. 6. _For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth_] He
commandeth it, and it...
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_He saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth_ By his powerful will the
snow is formed in the air, and falls upon the earth where and when he
sees fit. _And the great rain of his strength_ Those storms...
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THE LAST WORD ON THE MIRACLES IN NATUREV. 1. AT THIS, namely, the
powerful exhibition of God's majesty, as just described, ALSO MY HEART
TREMBLETH AND IS MOVED OUT OF HIS PLACE, springing up, giving a...
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For He saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth, His command being,
Fall to the earth, and the snow doing His behest; LIKEWISE TO THE
SMALL RAIN, the showers of rain, AND TO THE GREAT RAIN OF HIS
STREN...
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MAN'S IMPOTENCE IN THE STORM
(vv.1-5)
As the storm breaks upon them, Elihu himself trembles (v.1). The
thunder of God's voice calls for man's close attention and His
lightning spreads over the whole...
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LIKEWISE TO THE SMALL RAIN, AND TO THE GREAT RAIN OF HIS STRENGTH:
_ Heb._ and to the shower of rain, and to showers of rain of his
strength...
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God is in charge of the snow and the rain. He "seals the hand of every
man", that is, He causes the cessation of work in the fields that
human attention might be directed to the Creator. God still doe...
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1-13 The changes of the weather are the subject of a great deal of
our thoughts and common talk; but how seldom do we think and speak of
these things, as Elihu, with a regard to God, the director of...
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Job 37:6 says H559 (H8799) snow H7950 Fall H1933 (H8798) earth H776
gentle H4306 rain H1653 heavy...
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CONTENTS: Elihu's discourse continued. God's majesty.
CHARACTERS: God, Elihu, Job.
CONCLUSION: We must all own that our finite understandings cannot
comprehend the infinite perfections of God, but w...
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Job 37:5. _God thundereth marvellously with his voice._ See on Psalms
29. This chapter is divided from the former, in the midst of a sublime
description of a storm.
Job 37:22. The golden splendour _co...
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_Hear attentively the noise of His voice._
WHAT IS ELIHU’S MESSAGE
What he really contributes to the main argument of the book is, that
suffering may be medicinal, corrective, fructifying, as well as...
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_ELIHU’S FOURTH SPEECH CONTINUED_
Elihu continues his discourse, apparently in the midst of loud
thunder-claps, suddenly issuing from the storm-cloud out of which the
Almighty was about to speak, and...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 37:1
It has been already remarked that there is no natural division between
Job 36:1 and Job 37:1.—the description of the thunderstorm and its
effects runs on. From its effect on cattl...
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At this also my heart trembled, and is moved out of his place. Hear
attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of
his mouth. He directs it under the whole heaven, and his lightni...
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Amos 9:6; Ezekiel 13:11; Ezekiel 13:13; Ezra 10:13; Ezra 10:9;...
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Strength — Those storms of rain which come with great force and
irresistible violence....