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Mark Dunagan Commentaries

Job 37:6

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 does this today! Look at how the weather can completely bring. city to. stand still. "Even today it (snow) can snarl traffic and keep people confined to their homes" (Zuck p. 159). "That all men may know His work": Is this what we do during times of winter storms? Do we complain about the weather, or do we contemplate and stand in awe of God's power? The animals go into hibernation when storms come.

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See also Job 37:6 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Another wonder of God's power, snow and frost....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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,...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SPEECHES OF ELIHU (CONCLUDED) 2. The thunder is frequently called the voice of God: cp. Psalms 29. SOUND] RM 'muttering.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֤י לַ † שֶּׁ֨לַג ׀ יֹאמַ֗ר הֱוֵ֫א אָ֥רֶץ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

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

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    By his powerful word and will the snow is made in the air, and falls upon the earth where and when he seeth fit. THE GREAT RAIN OF HIS STRENGTH, i.e. those great storms or showers of rain which come w...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 37:6 says H559 (H8799) snow H7950 Fall H1933 (H8798) earth H776 gentle H4306 rain H1653 heavy...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Amos 9:6; Ezekiel 13:11; Ezekiel 13:13; Ezra 10:13; Ezra 10:9;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Strength — Those storms of rain which come with great force and irresistible violence....

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