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Verse Job 38:40. _WHEN THEY COUCH IN_ THEIR _DENS_] Before they are
capable of trusting themselves abroad.
_ABIDE IN THE COVERT_] Before they are able to hunt down the prey by
running. It is a fact...
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WHEN THEY COUCH IN THEIR DENS - For the purpose of springing upon
their prey.
AND ABIDE IN THE COVERT TO LIE IN WAIT? - The usual posture of the
lion when he seeks his prey. He places himself in some...
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CHAPTER S 38:39--39:30
_ 1. The beasts of prey (Job 38:39)_
2. The wild goats, the ass, the unicorn and the ostrich (Job 39:1)
3. The horse, the hawk and the eagle (Job 39:19)...
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JOB 38:39 TO JOB 39:30. THE WONDERS OF THE ANIMATE CREATION. In Job
38:39 f. God first names the lion. Man would rather hunt and destroy
the lion than feed him. But God cares for the lion as well as f...
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Job 38:39 Ch. Job 39:30. The manifoldness of the Divine Mind as
displayed in the world of animal life
The instances chosen are the lion and the raven (Job 38:39); the wild
goats and the hinds (ch....
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The lion.
_wilt thou hunt_ Rather, DOST THOU HUNT THE PREY FOR THE LIONESS? That
the lioness is enabled to catch her prey is due to some power which
brings it into her hand. Is it Job, perhaps, that...
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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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_WHEN THEY COUCH IN THEIR DENS, AND ABIDE IN THE COVERT TO LIE IN
WAIT?_
Lie in wait - for their prey (Psalms 10:9)....
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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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There is a difference between the behaviour of lions and ravens.
Ravens are large birds.
Lions are strong animals. But most of the time, they rest. They might
wait under a bush. It is as if they are...
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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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כִּי ־יָשֹׁ֥חוּ בַ † מְּעֹונֹ֑ות
יֵשְׁב֖וּ בַ...
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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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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,...
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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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(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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WHEN THEY COUCH IN [THEIR] DENS, [AND] ABIDE IN THE COVERT TO LIE IN
WAIT?] Which some understand of old lions, who, for want of strength,
lie couchant in their dens, or in some covert place, waiting...
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When they couch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the covert to lie in
wait?
Ver. 40. _When they couch in their dens, &c._] When both by might and
sleight they provide for themselves. Hunters with all...
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_Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion?_ Is it by thy care and
providence that the lions, who live in desert places, are furnished
with necessary provisions? This is justly mentioned as another
wonderf...
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when they crouch in their dens, in the thickets where they have their
lairs, AND ABIDE IN THE COVERT TO LIE IN WAIT, always on the lookout
for possible prey?...
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GOD'S POWER IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM...
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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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God also cares for the ravens (Luke 12:24), even though the adults
often leave the young alone by themselves. The point is that if God
cares for lions and ravens, then obviously God cares for Job and...
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25-41 Hitherto God had put questions to Job to show him his
ignorance; now God shows his weakness. As it is but little that he
knows, he ought not to arraign the Divine counsels; it is but little
he...
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When through age and infirmity they cannot range abroad for prey, as
the young lions do; but lie still in their dens, as if they were
expecting their food from God, from whom also they receive it. TO...
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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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_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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Genesis 49:9; Numbers 23:24; Numbers 24:9...
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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....