Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Job 38:3
Job had expressed too boldly his desire to contend with God concerning his righteousness. But he has still to learn that he must trust where he cannot understand.
4-7. The creation of the earth.
Job had expressed too boldly his desire to contend with God concerning his righteousness. But he has still to learn that he must trust where he cannot understand.
4-7. The creation of the earth.
Verse Job 38:3. _GIRD UP NOW THY LOINS_] I will not confound thee with my terrors; dismiss all fearful apprehensions from thy mind; now act like a man, כגבר _kegeber_, like a hero: stand and vindicat...
GIRD UP NOW THY LOINS LIKE A MAN - To gird up the loins, is a phrase which has allusion to the mode of dress in ancient times. The loose flowing robe which was commonly worn, was fastened with a girdl...
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...
Yahweh, speaking to Job out of the storm, challenges him to the contest, which he has so often demanded....
MAN. Hebrew. _geber_. App-14. ANSWER THOU ME. cause Me to know....
_for I will demand_ Rather, AND I will. Jehovah now invites Job to prepare for that contention with Him which he had so often desired, Job 9:35; Job 13:10 _seq_.; and as Job had said, "Then call thou...
_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.
_GIRD UP NOW THY LOINS LIKE A MAN; FOR I WILL DEMAND OF THEE, AND ANSWER THOU ME._ A man, х_ GEBER_ (H1397)] - hero, ready for battle (1 Corinthians 16:13, "Quit you like men, be strong"), as he had...
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...
In the original language of the Book of Job, God’s speech is a long list of questions. These questions were a test for Job. But Job did not know the answers. Or, the answers reminded Job that God was...
אֱזָר ־נָ֣א כְ גֶ֣בֶר חֲלָצֶ֑יךָ וְ֝ אֶשְׁאָל
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....
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...
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...
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I (c) will demand of thee, and answer thou me. (c) Because he wished to dispute with God, (Job 23:3), God reasons with him, to declare his rashness....
_Loins, like one about to engage in an arduous task, (Haydock) or journey, (Calmet) to explore the ways of divine Providence. (Haydock) --- Answer my reasons, if thou art able. (Calmet) --- Hebrew, "m...
(2) Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? (3) Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. Observe, it is to Job the LORD directeth his sp...
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...
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...
GIRD UP NOW THY LOINS LIKE A MAN,.... Like a man of valour that girds on his harness for battle: Job is bid to prepare for the controversy the Lord was entering into with him; and bring forth his stro...
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. Ver. 3. _Gird up now thy loins like a man_] As men did use to do when they went to fight, 1 Kings 20:11. Stand to thy...
_Gird up now thy loins_ If thou hast the courage to argue the case with me, as thou hast often desired, make thyself ready for the debate. _For I will demand of thee_ Hebrew, אשׁאלךְ, _eshelecha, I wi...
Gird up now thy loins like a man, like a hero ready for battle; FOR I WILL DEMAND OF THEE, AND ANSWER THOU ME. Job should show his wisdom and therefore his right to criticize by the proper explanation...
THE MANIFESTATION OF GOD'S MAJESTY IN CREATION...
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...
ANSWER THOU ME: _ Heb._ make me know...
"NOW GIRD UP YOUR LOINS LIKE. MAN": "When undertaking. strenuous task such as running, working, or fighting,. man in biblical times would gather up his flowing robe and tuck it into. sash-belt (Exodus...
1-3 Job had silenced, but had not convinced his friends. Elihu had silenced Job, but had not brought him to admit his guilt before God. It pleased the Lord to interpose. The Lord, in this discourse,...
GIRD UP NOW THY LOINS; as warriors then did for the battle. Prepare thyself for the combat with me, which thou hast oft desired. I accept of thy challenge, JOB 13:22, and elsewhere. I WILL DEMAND OF T...
Job 38:3 prepare H247 (H8798) yourself H2504 man H1397 question H7592 (H8799) answer H3045 (H8685) Gird -...
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...
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...
_Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said._ THE ADDRESS OF THE ALMIGHTY This sublime discourse is represented as made from the midst of the tempest or whirlwind which Elihu describes...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
1 Kings 18:46; 1 Peter 1:13; Exodus 12:11; Jeremiah 1:17; Job 13:15;...
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....
Gird up — As warriors then did for the battle....