Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Job 37:4
After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay (c) them when his voice is heard.
(c) Meaning, the rains and thunders.
After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay (c) them when his voice is heard.
(c) Meaning, the rains and thunders.
Verse Job 37:4. _AFTER IT A VOICE ROARETH_] After the flash has been seen, the peal is heard; and this will be more or fewer seconds after the peal, in proportion to the distance of the thunder cloud...
AFTER IT A VOICE ROARETH - After the lightning; that is, the flash is seen before the thunder is heard. This is apparent to all, the interval between the lightning and the hearing of the thunder depen...
CHAPTER S 36:22--37:24 _ 1. God's power and presence in nature (Job 36:22)_ 2. The thunderstorm (Job 37:1) 3. The snow and the rain (Job 37:6) 4. Elihu's concluding remarks ...
Elihu trembles at this. Listen to the thunder. First the lightning flashes (Job 37:3) then the thunder follows (Job 37:4 f.). Job 37:2 suggests that a thunderstorm was actually taking place while Elih...
_with the voice of his excellency_ Rather, WITH HIS VOICE OF MAJESTY. _he will not stay them_ Rather, he STAYETH them not; He restrains not His lightnings. The words describe the play of the lightning...
Job 36:26-33. The greatness and unsearchableness of God, seen in His marvellous operations in the skies; and exhortation to Job to allow these wonders duly to impress him, and to bow beneath the great...
F. THE CREATOR AND THE CREATION (Job 37:1-24) 1. The marvelous activity of God in nature (Job 37:1-13) TEXT 37:1-13 37 Yea, at this my heart trembleth, And is moved oat of its place. 2 Hear, oh,...
_AFTER IT A VOICE ROARETH: HE THUNDERETH WITH THE VOICE OF HIS EXCELLENCY; AND HE WILL NOT STAY THEM WHEN HIS VOICE IS HEARD._ After it - after the lightning the voice roareth. The thunder-clap follo...
37:4 flashes (p-19) Lit. 'them.' see preceding verse....
THE SPEECHES OF ELIHU (CONCLUDED) 2. The thunder is frequently called the voice of God: cp. Psalms 29. SOUND] RM 'muttering.'...
THEM] the flashes and thunderclaps. 6C. RV 'And to the showers of his mighty rain.' 7B. RV 'That all men whom he hath made may know _it.'_The suspension of work by storms shows men that they are sub...
For many Chapter s, Job and his friends had talked about God. Some things that they said were correct. But other things were wrong. Job and his friends were talking about things that they did not know...
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 37 ELIHU INTRODUCES GOD TO...
AFTER IT A VOICE ROARETH — _i.e.,_ the thunderclap which follows the lightning-flash. AND HE STAYETH THEM NOT (or will not stay them) WHEN HIS VOICE IS HEARD. — What does this mean? We understand it,...
אַחֲרָ֤יו ׀ יִשְׁאַג ־קֹ֗ול יַ֭רְעֵם בְּ קֹ֣ול...
XXVI. THE DIVINE PREROGATIVE Job 35:1; Job 36:1; Job 37:1 AFTER a long digression Elihu returns to consider the statement ascribed to Job, "It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself...
THE LIGHT IN THE CLOUDS Job 37:1 As Elihu spoke a thunder-storm was gathering, and much of the imagery of this chapter is suggested by that fact. The little group listened to the sound of God's voice...
The description of the storm commenced in the previous chapter and is here completed. There is first the drawing up of the water into the clouds, their spreading over the sky, the strange mutterings o...
After. Light travels faster than sound, (Haydock) though thunder and lightning are produced at the same instant. (Calmet) --- Found out. Philosophers can only propose their conjectures on the cause of...
(1) В¶ At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place. (2) Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth. (3) He directeth it under the whole heave...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 32 THROUGH 37. But these spiritual affections of Job did not prevent his turning this consciousness of integrity into a robe of self-righteousness which hid G...
AFTER IT A VOICE ROARETH,.... After the lightning comes a violent crack or clap of thunder, which is like the roaring of a lion. Such is the order of thunder and lightning, according to our sense and...
After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard. Ver. 4. _After it a voice roareth_] After it, that is, after the lightning...
_He directeth it_ Namely, his voice, his thunder; _under the whole heaven_ It is heard far and near, for he darts it through the whole region of the air: _and his lightning_, &c. Preceded by terrible,...
After it a voice roareth, the thunder-clap following after the flash; HE THUNDERETH WITH THE VOICE OF HIS EXCELLENCY, in token of His great majesty; AND HE WILL NOT STAY THEM, not restrain the lightni...
THE LAST WORD ON THE MIRACLES IN NATUREV. 1. AT THIS, namely, the powerful exhibition of God's majesty, as just described, ALSO MY HEART TREMBLETH AND IS MOVED OUT OF HIS PLACE, springing up, giving a...
MAN'S IMPOTENCE IN THE STORM (vv.1-5) As the storm breaks upon them, Elihu himself trembles (v.1). The thunder of God's voice calls for man's close attention and His lightning spreads over the whole...
Yes, all of this is beyond man's comprehension. God will make the same point to Job in the next Chapter s (38-41), that is, if Job is ignorant of even how God governs the physical creation, then why i...
1-13 The changes of the weather are the subject of a great deal of our thoughts and common talk; but how seldom do we think and speak of these things, as Elihu, with a regard to God, the director of...
AFTER IT A VOICE, i.e. after the lightning. For though the thunder be in order of nature before the lightning, yet the lightning is seen before the thunder is heard. WITH THE VOICE OF HIS EXCELLENCY,...
Job 37:4 After H310 voice H6963 roars H7580 (H8799) thunders H7481 (H8686) majestic H1347 voice H6963 restrain...
CONTENTS: Elihu's discourse continued. God's majesty. CHARACTERS: God, Elihu, Job. CONCLUSION: We must all own that our finite understandings cannot comprehend the infinite perfections of God, but w...
Job 37:5. _God thundereth marvellously with his voice._ See on Psalms 29. This chapter is divided from the former, in the midst of a sublime description of a storm. Job 37:22. The golden splendour _co...
_Hear attentively the noise of His voice._ WHAT IS ELIHU’S MESSAGE What he really contributes to the main argument of the book is, that suffering may be medicinal, corrective, fructifying, as well as...
_ELIHU’S FOURTH SPEECH CONTINUED_ Elihu continues his discourse, apparently in the midst of loud thunder-claps, suddenly issuing from the storm-cloud out of which the Almighty was about to speak, and...
EXPOSITION JOB 37:1 It has been already remarked that there is no natural division between Job 36:1 and Job 37:1.—the description of the thunderstorm and its effects runs on. From its effect on cattl...
At this also my heart trembled, and is moved out of his place. Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth. He directs it under the whole heaven, and his lightni...
Deuteronomy 33:26; Exodus 15:7; Exodus 15:8; Job 36:27; Psalms 29:3;...
After — After the lightning, which is seen before the thunder is hard. Them — The lightnings spoken of in the beginning of the verse....