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Verse Job 38:33. _KNOWEST THOU THE ORDINANCES OF HEAVEN?_] Art thou a
thorough astronomer? Art thou acquainted with all the laws of the
planetary system? Canst thou account for the difference of thei...
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KNOWEST THOU THE ORDINANCES OF HEAVEN? - The laws or statutes by which
the motions of the heavenly bodies are governed. These were wholly
unknown in the time of Job, and the discovery of some of those...
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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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ORDINANCES. statutes.
THE. his....
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The direction of the regular movements of the heavens, and their
influence upon the earth....
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The wonders of the heavens....
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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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_canst thou set_ Rather, as before, DOST THOU SET? The idea is that
the heavens and the stars exercise an influence over the earth and the
destinies of man....
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KNOWEST THOU THE ORDINANCES OF HEAVEN?— _Dost thou know the laws of
the heavens? hast thou appointed their dominion over the earth?_ Houb....
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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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_KNOWEST THOU THE ORDINANCES OF HEAVEN? CANST THOU SET THE DOMINION
THEREOF IN THE EARTH?_
Ordinances - which regulate the alternations of seasons, etc. (Genesis
8:22).
DOMINION - the controlling in...
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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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The laws of the seasons and their influence on the earth....
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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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Ancient people used to watch the stars for important reasons. The
stars are like a calendar, because different stars appear in each
season. And the stars also helped travellers to work out the correct...
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THE ORDINANCES OF HEAVEN. — Comp. Job 28:26. That is, the recurring
seasons and their power of influencing the earth....
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הֲ֭ יָדַעְתָּ חֻקֹּ֣ות שָׁמָ֑יִם אִם
־תָּשִׂ֖ים...
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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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_Reason. Hebrew, "dominion," (Haydock) or influence upon the earth.
Mathematicians thought they had discovered these laws, and the number
of the stars; but daily experience evinces their error. (Menoc...
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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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KNOWEST THOU THE ORDINANCES OF HEAVEN?.... Settled by the decree,
purpose, and will of God, and are firm and stable; see
Psalms 148:6; the laws and statutes respecting their situation,
motion, operat...
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Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion
thereof in the earth?
Ver. 33. _Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven?_] Either how to order
them, as master over them, or to compre...
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_Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth?_ Namely, into view? Canst thou make
the stars in the southern signs arise and appear? _Or canst thou guide
Arcturus?_ A northern constellation; _with his sons?_ The...
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Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven, the laws which guide the stars
in their courses? CANST THOU SET THE DOMINION THEREOF IN THE EARTH?
Did Job possess the authority and power to regulate the influe...
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God's Majesty in the Wonders above the Earth...
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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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Does Job understand the laws or ordinances by which the stars
function? If the stars operate on the basis of laws then there must
be. lawgiver! "The laws which control the heavenly bodies are the most...
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25-41 Hitherto God had put questions to Job to show him his
ignorance; now God shows his weakness. As it is but little that he
knows, he ought not to arraign the Divine counsels; it is but little
he...
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KNOWEST THOU? either,
1. Simply, and by speculation, dost thou understand them? Or,
2. Practically, or operatively, so as to establish or rule them, as
the next clause implies. THE ORDINANCES OF HEAV...
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Job 38:33 know H3045 (H8804) ordinances H2708 heavens H8064 set H7760
(H8799) dominion H4896 earth H776
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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 1:16; Genesis 8:22; Jeremiah 31:35; Jeremiah 31:36; Jer
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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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Ordinances — The laws which are firmly established concerning their
order, motion, or rest, and their powerful influences upon this lower
world. Didst thou give these laws? Or dost thou perfectly know...