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Verse Job 38:5. _WHO HATH LAID THE MEASURES THEREOF_] Who hath
adjusted its polar and equatorial distances from the centre?
_WHO HATH STRETCHED THE LINE_] Who hath formed its zones and its
great cir...
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WHO HATH LAID THE MEASURES THEREOF - That is, as an architect applies
his measures when he rears a house.
IF THOU KNOWEST - Or rather, “for thou knowest.” The expression is
wholly ironical, and is de...
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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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Yahweh, speaking to Job out of the storm, challenges him to the
contest, which he has so often demanded....
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Earth and sea....
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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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_if thou knowest_ Rather, THAT THOU SHOULDEST KNOW. Job knew well who
laid (rather, FIXED) the measures of the earth, but the point of the
question is, Was he present to see who fixed them and how the...
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WHO HATH LAID THE MEASURES THEREOF— See 2 Samuel 8:2....
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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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_WHO HATH LAID THE MEASURES THEREOF, IF THOU KNOWEST? OR WHO HATH
STRETCHED THE LINE UPON IT?_
Measures - of its proportions. Image from an architect's plans of a
building.
LINE - of measurement (I...
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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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WHO HATH LAID] RV 'Who determined.'...
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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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God created the world. This was a wonderful event (Proverbs 8:22-31).
This event showed God’s wisdom and God’s skill. God’s servants
in heaven were so happy to see God’s work. Job did not even see thi...
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מִי ־שָׂ֣ם מְ֭מַדֶּיהָ כִּ֣י תֵדָ֑ע
אֹ֤ו מִֽי
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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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_Upon it. He speaks of the world as of a vast house, (Calmet) or
palace, (Menochius) in which the Architect has shewn his art.
(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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WHO HATH LAID THE MEASURES THEREOF, IF THOU KNOWEST?.... Did God or a
creature? The Lord, no doubt. He laid them out in his divine mind, and
laid them forth by his divine power; who does all things by...
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Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath
stretched the line upon it?
Ver. 5. _Who hath laid the measures thereof_] In that circumference
and diameter that it holdeth?
_ If tho...
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_Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?_ When I
settled it as firm upon its own centre as if it had been built upon
the surest foundations? Then thou wast nowhere; thou hadst no bei...
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Who hath laid the measures thereof if thou knowest? so that Job should
know the proportions and plans; for the figure is taken from an
architects' plans and sketches. OR WHO HATH STRETCHED THE LINE UP...
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THE MANIFESTATION OF GOD'S MAJESTY IN CREATION...
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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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4-11 For the humbling of Job, God here shows him his ignorance, even
concerning the earth and the sea. As we cannot find fault with God's
work, so we need not fear concerning it. The works of his prov...
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Who hath prescribed how long and broad and deep it should be? OR WHO
HATH STRETCHED THE LINE, to wit, the measuring line, to regulate all
its dimensions, so as might be most convenient both for beauty...
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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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JOB 38:1 Challenge: The Lord Answers Job. The Lord responds in two
speeches, each followed by a brief response from Job. Aware of God as
never before, Job responds by humbly submitting to God’s sovere...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 38:4 Job had begun by lamenting his birth and the
timing of his life (ch. Job 3:1). Using the same language of birth,
the Lord now asks Job about the birth of the universe. Can Job exp...
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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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2 Corinthians 10:16; Isaiah 34:11; Isaiah 40:12; Isaiah 40:22; Job
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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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Measures — Who hath prescribed how long and broad and deep it should
be. Line — the measuring line to regulate all its dimensions....