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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Job 38 - Introduction

* God calls upon Job to answer. (1-3) God questions Job. (4-11) Concerning the light and darkness. (12-24) Concerning other mighty works. (25-41)

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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 D...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    42:6. The Lord answers Job out of the Storm We are now to witness the last act of the drama. And to understand it we have to go back to the starting-point and recall the idea of the Poem. This idea i...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TODAY'S ENGLISH VERSION THE LORD ANSWERS JOB Then out of the storm, the Lord spoke to Job. _The Lord_ 2 Who are you to question my wisdom? You are only showing your ignorance. 3 Stand up now lik...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 Uz (a-9) See Lamentations 4:21 . perfect (b-18) Complete, lacking nothing; cf. 2 Samuel 22:24 ....

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO JOB 38 In this chapter the Lord takes up the controversy with Job; calls upon him to prepare to engage with him in it, and demands an answer to posing questions he puts to him, concer...

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

    _A.M. 2484. B.C. 1520._ God begins with an awakening challenge, Job 38:1. Proceeds to several proofs of Job's inability to contend with him, because of his ignorance and weakness: for he knew nothing...

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