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Verse Job 38:18. _THE BREADTH OF THE EARTH?_] At that time the
circumference of the globe was not known, because the earth itself was
supposed to be a vast _extended plain_, bordered all round with th...
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HAST THOU PERCEIVED THE BREADTH OF THE EARTH? - How far the earth
extends. To see the force of this, we must remember that the early
conception of the earth was that it was a vast plain, and that in t...
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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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_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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_HAST THOU PERCEIVED THE BREADTH OF THE EARTH? DECLARE IF THOU KNOWEST
IT ALL._
Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? - as God doth (Job
28:24)....
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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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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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Job did not know where people go after their deaths. He thought that
they remained in their graves (Job 3:16-19). Later, he thought about
hell (Job 26:5-6). Job’s words seemed to confident. But Job di...
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PERCEIVED. — Or rather, perhaps, _comprehended._
THE BREADTH OF THE EARTH. — The earth being conceived of as a vast
plain (comp. Job 38:13). Unscientific as all this language is, it is
not a little r...
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הִ֭תְבֹּנַנְתָּ עַד ־רַחֲבֵי ־אָ֑רֶץ
הַ֝גֵּ֗ד אִם...
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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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DIVINE POWER AND HUMAN IGNORANCE
Job 38:1
When the storm had ceased and the thunder was hushed, a voice spoke
out of the golden splendor of the sky. See Job 37:21. Job had
challenged God to answer hi...
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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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(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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HAST THOU PERCEIVED THE BREADTH OF THE EARTH?.... Which may be put for
all the dimensions of it, length, breadth, diameter, and
circumference, but especially it regards the surface of it, and the
meas...
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Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest
it all.
Ver. 18. _Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth?_] Heb. the
breadths, i.e. the length also and circumference there...
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_Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth?_ Nay, dost thou so much
as understand the extent and all the parts of the earth, and the state
and quality of all countries, and of the men and things in...
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Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth, observing and examining
it to its very limits? DECLARE IF THOU KNOWEST IT ALL; for God knows
all this, and he who would criticize God should have the same...
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GOD'S MAJESTY IN THE FORCES OF NATUREV. 16. HAST THOU ENTERED INTO THE
SPRINGS OF THE SEA, the great fountains of the deep, Genesis 7, 11? OR
HAST THOU WALKED IN THE SEARCH OF THE DEPTH, to examine th...
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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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How about the width of the earth?...
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12-24 The Lord questions Job, to convince him of his ignorance, and
shame him for his folly in prescribing to God. If we thus try
ourselves, we shall soon be brought to own that what we know is
nothi...
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Dost thou exactly know the whole compass and all parts of the earth,
and the state and quality of all countries, and of the men and things
in them? Give me an answer to these questions, which is far m...
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Job 38:18 comprehended H995 (H8712) breadth H7338 earth H776 Tell
H5046 (H8685) know H3045 (H8804)...
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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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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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Isaiah 40:28; Jeremiah 31:37; Psalms 74:17; Psalms 89:11; Psalms 89
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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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Breadth — The whole compass and all the parts of it?...