_THE LORD SPEAKS TO JOB OUT OF A WHIRLWIND, AND CHALLENGES HIM TO ANSWER. HE CONVINCES HIM OF IGNORANCE AND WEAKNESS, BY AN ENUMERATION OF SOME OF HIS MIGHTY WORKS._ _Before Christ 1645._ _JOB 38:1. THEN THE LORD ANSWERED JOB,_ &C.— The Chaldee paraphrast, by the addition of a word, has given a ve... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO IS THIS THAT DARKENETH COUNSEL, &C.— Nothing can be conceived more awful, than this appearance of Jehovah; nothing more sublime, than the manner in which his speech is introduced. Thunders, lightnings, and a whirlwind, announce his approach: All creation trembles at his presence: At the blaze of... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO HATH LAID THE MEASURES THEREOF— See 2 Samuel 8:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN THE MORNING STARS SING TOGETHER— It is observable from many passages in the prophets, that the angels are compared to, or spoken of, under the metaphor of _stars:_ See particularly Isaiah 14:12. The beauty and propriety of these allusions of the prophets will appear with greater lustre, when it... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN IT BRAKE FORTH, AS IF IT HAD ISSUED OUT OF THE WOMB— _When it burst forth as an infant, that cometh out of the womb._ Heath.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND BRAKE UP FOR IT MY DECREED PLACE— _When I fixed my boundary against it; when I placed a bar and gates._... [ Continue Reading ]
HAST THOU ENTERED INTO THE SPRINGS OF THE SEA?— _Hast thou been at the sources of the sea? Hast thou traversed the depths of the abyss?_ Heath.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Jehovah, in their determination of the debate, mention any thing of that doctrine; the mention of w... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT THOU SHOULDEST TAKE IT TO THE BOUND THEREOF— _Surely thou canst guide us to its border: yea, certainly thou canst shew the roads which lead to its dwelling._... [ Continue Reading ]
AGAINST THE DAY OF BATTLE AND WAR?— Though the expression here is general, and means only that the Almighty reserves these powers in nature as the instruments of destruction on wicked men; yet particular cases may well be referred to as explanatory hereof. See therefore, Exodus 9:23 and Joshua 10:11... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WATERS ARE HID AS WITH A STONE— _How do the waters harden like a stone? and the face of the waters, how is it congealed?_ Houb.... [ Continue Reading ]
CANST THOU BIND THE SWEET INFLUENCES OF PLEIADES— See the note on chap. Job 9:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
KNOWEST THOU THE ORDINANCES OF HEAVEN?— _Dost thou know the laws of the heavens? hast thou appointed their dominion over the earth?_ Houb.... [ Continue Reading ]
CANST THOU SEND LIGHTNINGS THAT THEY MAY GO, AND SAY UNTO THEE, HERE WE ARE?— Nothing can be more elevated and sublime than this verse. How strong the image! how simple the expression! We read of winged lightnings in the heathen ports; but where do they live, and act, and speak, and wait for orders... [ Continue Reading ]
OR WHO HATH GIVEN UNDERSTANDING TO THE HEART?— _Or who hath given discernment to the eyes?_ Heath: who renders the last clause of the next verse, _Who can cause the bottles of heaven to pour down abundantly?_ which seems to connect much better with Job 38:38.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO PROVIDETH FOR THE RAVEN HIS FOOD?— The reason given why the raven is particularly mentioned as an object of the care of Providence, is, because by his clamorous and importunate voice he particularly seems always calling upon him; thence κορασσω from _corax,_ a _raven,_ signifies to _ask earnestl... [ Continue Reading ]