Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Job 37:3
he directeth Rather, assuming another derivation of the word, he sendeth it forth, lets it loose.
he directeth Rather, assuming another derivation of the word, he sendeth it forth, lets it loose.
Verse Job 37:3. _HE DIRECTETH IT UNDER THE WHOLE HEAVEN_] He directeth it (_the lightning_) under the whole heaven, in the twinkling of an eye from east to west; _and its light_-the reflection of the...
HE DIRECTETH IT UNDER THE WHOLE HEAVEN - It is under the control of God, and he directs it where he pleases. It is not confined to one spot, but seems to be complaining from every part of the heavens....
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 ...
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...
HE DIRECTETH IT UNDER THE WHOLE HEAVEN— _Its flash is beneath the whole heavens, and its blaze unto the ends of the earth._ Schultens and Heath....
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,...
_HE DIRECTETH IT UNDER THE WHOLE HEAVEN, AND HIS LIGHTNING UNTO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH._ Directeth it - however zig-zag the lighting's course; or, rather, it applies to the peeling roll of the thunder...
37:3 lightning (m-11) Lit. 'light,' as ch. 37.11. forth (o-4) Or 'he directeth it.'...
THE SPEECHES OF ELIHU (CONCLUDED) 2. The thunder is frequently called the voice of God: cp. Psalms 29. SOUND] RM 'muttering.'...
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...
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...
HE DIRECTETH IT. — Or, _sendeth it forth: i.e.,_ the noise and rumbling which fills all heaven....
תַּֽחַת ־כָּל ־הַ שָּׁמַ֥יִם יִשְׁרֵ֑הוּ וְ֝...
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...
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...
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...
_Earth. Lightning appears from the east to the west, Matthew xxiv. 27._...
(1) В¶ At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place. (2) Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth. (3) He directeth it under the whole heave...
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...
HE DIRECTETH IT UNDER THE WHOLE HEAVEN,.... His voice of thunder, which rolls from one end of the heaven to the other: he charges the clouds with it, and directs both it and them where they shall go a...
He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth. Ver. 3. _He directeth it under the whole heaven_] Heb. He maketh it to go right forward, meaning the thunder, the...
_He directeth it_ Namely, his voice, his thunder; _under the whole heaven_ It is heard far and near, for he darts it through the whole region of the air: _and his lightning_, &c. Preceded by terrible,...
He directeth it under the whole heaven, sending forth the roaring and rumbling, AND HIS LIGHTNING UNTO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH, for the entire earth is lit up by each flash....
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...
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...
LIGHTNING: _ Heb._ light ENDS OF THE EARTH: _ Heb._ wings of the earth...
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...
HE DIRECTETH IT, to wit, his voice; which he shooteth or guideth like an arrow to the mark, so disposing it that it may do that work for which he sends it. UNDER THE WHOLE HEAVEN; far and wide through...
Job 37:3 sends H3474 (H8765) forth H8281 (H8799) heaven H8064 lightning H216 ends H3671 earth H776 He -...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
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...
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...
Isaiah 11:12; Job 38:13; Matthew 24:27; Psalms 77:13; Psalms 97:4;...
Directeth — His voice: which he guideth like an arrow to the mark, that it may do that work for which he sends it....