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Verse Job 38:17. _HAVE THE GATES OF DEATH BEEN OPENED UNTO THEE?_]
Dost thou know in what the article of _death_ consists? This is as
inexplicable as the question, What is animal _life_?
_THE DOORS...
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HAVE THE GATES OF DEATH BEEN OPENED UNTO THEE - That is, the gates of
the world where death reigns; or the gates that lead to the abodes of
the dead. The allusion here is to “Sheol,” or “Hades,” the
d...
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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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DOORS. gates....
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A survey of the inanimate creation, the wonders of earth and sky the
earth, Job 38:4; the heavens, Job 38:18...
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The deep and the underworld....
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_have the gates of death_ Or, WERE the gates? Death is personified; it
is Sheol, the place of the dead, ch. Job 28:22. This is a lower deep
than the recesses of the sea; Job, no doubt, went down there...
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HAVE THE GATES OF DEATH BEEN OPENED UNTO THEE?— It has been objected
against the famous passage in the 19th chapter, which we have
interpreted of the doctrine of a resurrection, that neither Elihu nor...
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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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_HAVE THE GATES OF DEATH BEEN OPENED UNTO THEE? OR HAST THOU SEEN THE
DOORS OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH?_
Seen. The second clause heightens the thought in the first. Man
during life does not even "see" th...
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OPENED] RV 'revealed.' DEATH] Sheol, the place of the dead.
19-21. The abode of light and darkness....
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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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הֲ נִגְל֣וּ לְ֭ךָ שַׁעֲרֵי ־מָ֑וֶת וְ
שַׁעֲרֵ
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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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_Doors? Septuagint, "through fear; or have the porters of hell flown
away at thy sight?" (Haydock)_...
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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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HAVE THE GATES OF DEATH BEEN OPENED UNTO THEE?.... Meaning not by
which death has entered into the world, and which have been the causes
and occasion of it; as the sin of man, the appointment of God,...
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Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the
doors of the shadow of death?
Ver. 17. _Have the gates of death been opened unto thee_] _sc._ That
thou shouldest know when, how,...
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_Have the gates of death been opened unto thee?_ Hath the earth opened
all her dark caverns to thee? Or, hast thou ever gone down to the
centre, or into the depths and bowels of that earth in which th...
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Have the gates of death been opened unto thee, so that Job was
familiar with the realm of the dead? OR HAST THOU SEEN THE DOORS OF
THE SHADOW OF DEATH, so that he could examine them and bring back the...
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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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Even far more mysterious and hidden is death itself, death here is
pictured as having gates that open for its entrants. To this day
modern man stands helpless and ignorant of death....
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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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Hast thou seen, or dost thou perfectly know, the place and state of
the dead, the depths and bowels of that earth in which the generality
of dead men are buried, or the several ways and methods of dea...
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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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_Have the gates of death been opened unto thee?_
THE GATES OF DEATH
The allusion here is to the state which in the Hebrew is called Sheol,
and in the Greek, Hades; which means the dark abode of the...
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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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Amos 5:8; Job 12:22; Job 3:5; Matthew 4:16; Psalms 107:10;...
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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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Death — Hast thou seen, or dost thou know the place and state of the
dead; the depths and bowels of that earth in which the generality of
dead men are buried. Death is a grand secret? We know not when...