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Verse Job 38:20. _SHOULDEST TAKE IT TO THE BOUND THEREOF?_] Or, as
Mr. _Good_, translates, "That thou shouldest lay hold of it in its
boundary." That thou shouldest go to the very spot where _light_...
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THAT THOU SHOULDEST TAKE IT TO THE BOUNDS THEREOF - Margin, “or,
at.” The sense seems to be this: God asks Job whether he was so well
acquainted with the sources of light, and the place where it dwelt...
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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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_take it to the bound thereof_ The second clause, the path _to_its
house, suggests that the _bound_or border of light is not the furthest
limit _to_which it flows forth, but its own place of abode, th...
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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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Light and darkness....
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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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_THAT THOU SHOULDEST TAKE IT TO THE BOUND THEREOF, AND THAT THOU
SHOULDEST KNOW THE PATHS TO THE HOUSE THEREOF?_
Dost thou know their place (the place of darkness and light) so well
as to be able to g...
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TAKE IT TO THE BOUND THEREOF] i.e. track it....
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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 did not know where the sun went after nightfall. Today we know
that the sun is lighting the opposite side of the world. And Job did
not know what happens to the darkness during the day....
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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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THAT THOU SHOULDEST TAKE _IT_ — i.e., go with or track it....
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כִּ֣י תִ֭קָּחֶנּוּ אֶל ־גְּבוּלֹ֑ו וְ
כִֽי ־ת
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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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That thou (n) shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou
shouldest know the paths [to] the house thereof?
(n) That you might appoint its highways and limits....
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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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THAT THOU SHOULDEST TAKE IT TO THE BOUND THEREOF,.... Either darkness,
or rather the light; take it as it were by the hand, and guide and
direct its course to its utmost bound. This only the Lord can...
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That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou
shouldest know the paths [to] the house thereof?
Ver. 20. _That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof_] That thou
shouldest take...
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_That thou shouldest take it_ That is, _bring_, or _lead_ it, namely,
principally the light, and secondarily the darkness, as the consequent
of it, _to the bound thereof?_ That is, through its whole c...
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that thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, tracing both light
and darkness to the place where they originated, and that thou
shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? In spite of the most...
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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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TO:
Or, at...
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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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THAT THOU SHOULDEST TAKE IT, i.e. taking, bring or lead it, as this
verb is oft used, as EXODUS 25:2 PSALMS 68:29, compared with Ephesians
4:11...
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Job 38:20 take H3947 (H8799) territory H1366 know H995 (H8799) paths
H5410 home H1004
it to - or, it at
the bound -...
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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—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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Genesis 10:19; Genesis 23:17...
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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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Take it — Bring or lead it: and this it refers principally to the
light, and to darkness, as the consequent of the other. Bound — Its
whole course from the place of its abode whence it is supposed to...