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Verse Job 38:32. _MAZZAROTH IN HIS SEASON?_] This is generally
understood to mean the _signs of the zodiac_. מזרות Mazzaroth,
according to Parkhurst, comes from מזר _mazar_, to _corrupt_; and
he suppo...
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CANST THOU BRING FORTH MAZZAROTH IN HIS SEASON? - Margin, “the
twelve signs;” that is, the twelve signs of the zodiac. There has
been much diversity of opinion about the meaning of this word. It
occur...
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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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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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_canst thou bring forth_ Rather, DOST THOU …? and similarly, DOST
THOU GUIDE? The meaning of _Mazzaroth_is uncertain. The word has been
supposed to be another form of _Mazzaloth_, 2 Kings 23:5, which...
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The direction of the regular movements of the heavens, and their
influence upon the earth....
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The wonders of the heavens....
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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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_CANST THOU BRING FORTH MAZZAROTH IN HIS SEASON? OR CANST THOU GUIDE
ARCTURUS WITH HIS SONS?_
Canst thou bring forth (into the sky) the signs of the Zodiac at their
respective seasons-the twelve lodgi...
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Render, 'Canst thou lead forth the signs of the zodiac in the season?
'i.e. Can you influence their appearing? The zodiacal signs were known
3,000 years b.c. (The zodiac is that part of the sky which...
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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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Ancient people used to watch the stars for important reasons. The
stars are like a calendar, because different stars appear in each
season. And the stars also helped travellers to work out the correct...
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MAZZAROTH is commonly understood to mean the signs of the Zodiac, and
by the children of Arc-turus the three stars in the tail of Ursa
Major....
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הֲ תֹצִ֣יא מַזָּרֹ֣ות בְּ עִתֹּ֑ו וְ֝
עַ֗יִשׁ
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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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Canst thou bring forth (s) Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou
guide (t) Arcturus with his sons?
(s) Certain stars so called, some think they were the twelve signs.
(t) The north star with those...
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Day-star. Hebrew mazzaroth, (Haydock) corresponds with the "inner
parts of the south;" (chap. ix. 9) though some translate, "the signs
of the zodiac, or the influences," &c. The antarctic constellatio...
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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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CANST THOU BRING FORTH MAZZAROTH IN HIS SEASON?.... Which are thought
to be the same with "the chambers of the south", Job 9:9; the southern
pole m with its stars, signified by chambers, because hidde...
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Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide
Arcturus with his sons?
Ver. 32. _Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth?_] Or, the twelve signs; or
the southern stars that bring in sum...
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_Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth?_ Namely, into view? Canst thou make
the stars in the southern signs arise and appear? _Or canst thou guide
Arcturus?_ A northern constellation; _with his sons?_ The...
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God's Majesty in the Wonders above the Earth...
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Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth, a very bright constellation, IN HIS
SEASON? OR CANST THOU GUIDE ARCTURUS, the Great Bear of the northern
sky, WITH HIS SONS?...
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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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MAZZAROTH:
Or, the twelve signs
GUIDE:
_ Heb._ guide them...
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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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CANST THOU BRING FORTH to wit, into view? canst thou make him to arise
and appear in thy hemisphere? MAZZAROTH; by which he designs either,
1. All the constellations, and especially the twelve sign o...
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Job 38:32 out H3318 (H8686) Mazzaroth H4216 season H6256 guide H5148
(H8686) Bear H5906 cubs H1121
Mazzaro
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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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_Canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?_
THE FOURTH “CANST”
To perceive what we can do, on the one hand, and what we cannot do, on
the other, is to hold the key of success. Canst thou? The oft-repe...
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POINTERS
The Bear with her train. Job 38:32
We all know a pointer when we see it, don't we? It is a long slender
piece of wood which our teachers use to show us places on the map, or
point out words...
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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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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 38:31 MAZZAROTH is a transliteration of an otherwise
unknown Hebrew word. In the context, it must refer to one of the
constellations. THE BEAR is also a constellation, as indicated by...
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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 Kings 23:5; Job 9:9...
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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....
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Bring forth — Canst thou make the stars in the southern signs arise
and appear? Arcturus — Those in the northern. His sons — The
lesser stars, which are placed round about them; and attend upon them,...