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Verse Job 37:14. _HEARKEN UNTO THIS_] Hear what I say on the part of
God.
_STAND STILL_] Enter into deep contemplation on the subject.
_AND CONSIDER_] Weigh every thing; examine separately and
colle...
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HEARKEN UNTO THIS, O JOB - That is, to the lesson which such events
are fitted to convey respecting God.
STAND STILL - In a posture of reverence and attention. The object is
to secure a calm contempl...
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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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Job is invited to consider God's wonders. Does he know how God lays
His charge upon them, _i.e._ probably the phenomena just described by
Elihu in Job 37:1? Does he understand the flashing of the ligh...
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Elihu's own imagination kindles at the thought of the wonders which he
is unfolding, and he beseeches Job to observe them with a reverent
awe, and learn from them the unsearchableness of Him who is th...
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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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2. Man should realize his insignificant position and fear God. (Job
37:14-24)
TEXT 37:14-24
14 HEARKEN UNTO THIS, O JOB:
Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
15 Dost thou know how...
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_HEARKEN UNTO THIS, O JOB: STAND STILL, AND CONSIDER THE WONDROUS
WORKS OF GOD._
(Psalms 111:2.)...
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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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God does all these wonderful things. No person can do such things.
Even today, people cannot control the weather.
So we should learn that God deserves honour. He is greater than
anybody else. We mus...
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
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CHAPTER 37
ELIHU INTRODUCES GOD TO...
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הַאֲזִ֣ינָה זֹּ֣את אִיֹּ֑וב עֲ֝מֹ֗ד
וְ הִתְבֹּונֵ֤ן...
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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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(14) В¶ Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the
wondrous works of God. (15) Dost thou know when God disposed them, and
caused the light of his cloud to shine? (16) Dost thou know the
b...
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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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HEARKEN UNTO THIS, O JOB,.... Either to the present clap of thunder
then heard; or rather to what Elihu had last said concerning clouds of
rain coming for correction or mercy; and improve it and apply...
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Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works
of God.
Ver. 14. _Hearken unto this, O Job_] Here Elihu by little and little
draweth to a most wise conclusion, bringing Job to...
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_Hearken unto this, O Job_, &c. Listen diligently unto these things;
do not dispute any more with God, but silently consider these his
wonderful works, and think, if there be so much matter of wonder...
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FINAL ADMONITION ADDRESSED TO JOB...
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Hearken unto this, O Job: Stand still, spending some time in
contemplation of the miracles just set forth by Elihu, AND CONSIDER
THE WONDROUS WORKS OF GOD....
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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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Job is now exhorted to stand and consider, to be still in reverence,
and contemplate the following questions concerning God's wonders. In
this section Elihu will use. series of questions to remind Job...
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14-20 Due thoughts of the works of God will help to reconcile us to
all his providences. As God has a powerful, freezing north wind, so he
has a thawing, composing south wind: the Spirit is compared...
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If there be so much matter of wonder and adoration in the most obvious
and sensible works of God, how wonderful must his deep and secret
counsels and judgments be! And therefore it would better become...
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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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_Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous
works of God._
GOD’S WONDROUS WORKING
The teaching of Scripture, both in the Old Testament and in the New,
impresses upon us a recog...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 37:14 Elihu focuses on God’s majesty. He calls on
Job to listen (HEAR THIS, O JOB) and consider this description in his
complaint before God....
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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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Exodus 14:13; Habakkuk 2:20; Job 26:6; Job 36:24; Psalms 111:2;...
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Consider — If there be so much matter of wonder in the most obvious
works of God, how wonderful must his secret counsels be?...