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Verse Job 38:34. _CANST THOU LIFT UP THY VOICE TO THE CLOUDS_] Canst
thou produce _lightning_ and _thunder_, that water may be formed, and
poured down upon the earth?
Thunder is called קלות _koloth_,...
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CANST THOU LIFT UP THY VOICE TO THE CLOUDS, THAT ABUNDANCE OF WATERS
MAY COVER THEE? - That is, canst thou command the clouds so that they
shall send down abundant rain? Bouillier supposes that there...
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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 vo...
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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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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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_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. God questions Job about the marvels...
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_CANST THOU LIFT UP THY VOICE TO THE CLOUDS, THAT ABUNDANCE OF WATERS
MAY COVER THEE?_
Canst thou at will command the clouds to send down abundance of rain?
(Jeremiah 14:22; above, Job 22:11, "abunda...
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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, 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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הֲ תָרִ֣ים לָ † עָ֣ב קֹולֶ֑ךָ וְֽ
שִׁפְעַת ־מַ֥יִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃...
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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,
Job 38:12; the mysteries of the u...
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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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_Voice, to mimic the thunder of God, (Calmet) or to order it to rain.
(Haydock)_...
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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, a...
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CANST THOU LIFT UP THY VOICE TO THE CLOUDS, THAT ABUNDANCE OF WATERS
MAY COVER THEE?] Thy gardens, fields, and farms; canst thou, in a
magisterial way, call to and demand of the clouds to let down rai...
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Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters
may cover thee?
Ver. 34. _Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds?_] Thy commanding
voice, as Numbers 9:23. Some render it, Thy...
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_Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds?_ Either thundering in
them, or calling to them with a loud voice, and commanding them to
rain. _That abundance of waters may cover thee?_ That is, may cove...
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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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Job clearly cannot command the clouds to unleash their moisture, so
much for various "rain dances"....
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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 c...
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CANST THOU LIFT UP THY VOICE TO THE CLOUDS; either thundering in them,
or calling to them with a loud voice, commanding them to rain? MAY
COVER THEE, i.e. thy land, when it needs and requires rain....
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Job 38:34 up H7311 (H8686) voice H6963 clouds H5645 abundance H8229
water H4325 cover H3680 (H8762)
1 Samuel 12:18; Amos 5:8; Zechariah 10:1; James 5:18...
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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,
Job 38:15, Job 38:17, Job 38:22).
⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var ima
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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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1 Samuel 12:18; Amos 5:8; James 5:18; Zechariah 10:1...
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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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Cover thee — Thy land when it needs rain....