Light and darkness are pictured as having dwelling-places. Where does light go at night and where does darkness go in the morning? "Their places and dwellings are inaccessible in the sense that Job could not explain how God moved the earth around the sun" (Bible Knowledge Comm. p. 768).
Verse Job 38:19. WHERE _LIGHT DWELLETH_] What is the _source of light_? Yea, what is _light_ itself? It is not in the _sun_, for _light_ was before the _sun_; but _what_ is _light_? It is no doubt a...
WHERE IS THE WAY WHERE LIGHT DWELLETH? - Or, rather, where is the way or path to the place where light dwells? Light is conceived of as coming from a great distance, and as having a place which might...
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...
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...
WAY. Supply Ellipsis: "Where is the way [to the place where] light", &c....
The first clause reads, What is the way to where light dwelleth? Light and darkness are here regarded as things independent of one another; they are both real agents, each of which has its place or...
A survey of the inanimate creation, the wonders of earth and sky the earth, Job 38:4; the heavens, Job 38:18...
Light and darkness....
The wonders of the heavens....
_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.
_WHERE IS THE WAY WHERE LIGHT DWELLETH? AND AS FOR DARKNESS, WHERE IS THE PLACE THEREOF,_ 'What is the way (to the place wherein) light dwelleth?' The origin of light and darkness. In Genesis 1:1 "lig...
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...
Job did not know where the sun went after nightfall. Today we know that the sun is lighting the opposite side of the world. And Job did not know what happens to the darkness during the day....
אֵי ־זֶ֣ה הַ֭ דֶּרֶךְ יִשְׁכָּן ־אֹ֑ור וְ֝
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....
WHAT MAN CANNOT DO Job 38:19 In this chapter a number of nature-pictures pass before us. These include the creation of the earth, Job 38:4; the sea, Job 38:8; light,...
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...
_Darkness. The poetical style of this book represents these things as real beings, in the same manner (Calmet) as the house, (ver. 20) or palace of the sun, &c., are described by the ancients. (Haydoc...
(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? ...
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...
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...
WHERE [IS] THE WAY [WHERE] LIGHT DWELLETH?.... Or the way to the place where it dwells, and what that is; AND [AS FOR] DARKNESS, WHERE [IS] THE PLACE THEREOF? where these were placed when they were f...
Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof, Ver. 19. _Where is the way where light dwelleth?_] These are poetic terms likewise; which signify, or m...
_Where is the way_ Or, rather, the _place_, as the next clause explains it; and, as the Hebrew דרךְ, _derech_, will bear, _where light dwelleth_ That is, hath its constant and settled abode. Whither g...
Where is the way where light dwelleth? Could Job explain the phenomenon of light and tell where it originally came from? AND AS FOR DARKNESS, WHERE IS THE PLACE THEREOF,...
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...
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...
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...
THE WAY; or rather, _the place_, as the next clause explains it, and the Hebrew phrase will bear. WHERE LIGHT DWELLETH, i.e. hath its constant and settled abode; for in the place where Job lived, and...
Job 38:19 way H1870 dwelling H7931 (H8799) light H216 darkness H2822 place H4725 the way -...
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...
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...
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,...
_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...
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...
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...
Amos 4:13; Deuteronomy 4:19; Ezekiel 32:8; Genesis 1:14; Genesis 1:3;...
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....
Dwelleth — Hath its constant and settled abode. Whether goes the sun when it departs from this hemisphere? Where is the tabernacle and the chamber in which he is supposed to rest? And seeing there was...