Job 38:1

CHAPTER XXXVIII

The Lord answers Job out of a whirlwind, and challenges him to

answer, 1-3.

He convinces him of ignorance and weakness, by an enumeration

of some of his mighty works; particularly of the creation of

the earth, 4-7.

The sea and the deeps, 8-18.

The light, 19-21.

Snow, hail, thunder, lightning, rain, dew, ice, and hoar-frost,

22-30.

Different constellations, and the ordinances of heaven

influencing the earth, 31-33.

Shows his own power and wisdom in the atmosphere, particularly

in the thunder, lightnings, and rain, 34-38.

His providence in reference to the brute creation, 39-41.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXXVIII

Verse Job 38:1. The Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind] It is not סופה suphah, as in the preceding chapter, Job 37:9; but סורה searah, which signifies something turbulent, tumultuous, or violently agitated; and here may signify what we call a tempest, and was intended to fill Job's mind with solemnity, and an awful sense of the majesty of God. The Chaldee has, a whirlwind of grief, making the whole rather allegorical than real; impressing the scene on Job's imagination.