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Verse Job 37:12. _AND IT IS TURNED ROUND ABOUT BY HIS COUNSELS_] The
original is difficult: והוא מסבות מתהפך בתחבולתו
_vehu mesibboth_ _mithhappech bethachbulothav_; which has been thus
paraphrased:...
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AND IT IS TURNED ROUND ABOUT - The word here rendered “it” (הוא
_hû'_) may refer either to the “cloud,” and then it will mean
that it is driven about at the pleasure of God; or it may refer to
God, a...
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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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WORLD. vast expanse, or the habitable world. Hebrew. _tebel_....
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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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The wonderful movements of the clouds directed by the guidance of God,
and fulfilling His several behests.
These verses read,
11. Also he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture,
He spreadeth his ligh...
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In the second clause the words are lit. "that _they_may do," the
_plur_. referring to "cloud" (Job 37:11) collectively. Others make the
pronoun _they_refer to men, which is very unnatural. The express...
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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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_ALSO BY WATERING HE WEARIETH THE THICK CLOUD: HE SCATTERETH HIS
BRIGHT CLOUD:_
How the thunder-clouds are dispersed, or else employed by God either
for correction or mercy.
BY WATERING - by loadin...
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37:12 circuit (c-23) Lit. 'world.'...
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The lightning flashes and falls in obedience to the behest of God....
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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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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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(8) Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places. (9) Out
of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. (10) By
the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the wat...
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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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AND IT IS TURNED ROUND ABOUT BY HIS COUNSELS,.... The cloud is, and
that by the wind, which is turned about to all points of the compass,
according to the will of God; by the counsels of him who sits...
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And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do
whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
Ver. 12. _And it is turned round about by his counsels_] _Vertit...
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_Also by watering_ The earth; by causing the clouds first to receive,
and then to convey to distant parts, and afterward to pour forth,
abundance of water; _he wearieth the thick clouds_ Alluding to m...
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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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and it is turned round about by His counsels, that is, the cloud
twists and turns and revolves as the storm approaches, piloted by the
will of God, THAT THEY MAY DO WHATEVER HE COMMANDETH THEM UPON TH...
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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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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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IT IS TURNED ROUND ABOUT; the clouds (now mentioned) are carried about
to this or that place. BY HIS COUNSELS; not by chance, (though nothing
seems to be more casual and uncertain than the motions of...
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Job 37:12 swirl H2015 (H8693) about H4524 guidance H8458 do H6467
commands H6680 (H8762) face H6440 whole...
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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 4:7; James 5:17; James 5:18; Jeremiah 14:22; Joel 2:23;...
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Turned — The clouds are carried about to this or that place. Not by
chance (though nothing seems to be more casual than the motions of the
clouds) but by his order and governance....