Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Job 37:7
Sealeth — By these snows and rains he drives men out of the fields, and seals or binds up their hands from their work. That — They may seriously contemplate on these, and other great and glorious works of God.
Sealeth — By these snows and rains he drives men out of the fields, and seals or binds up their hands from their work. That — They may seriously contemplate on these, and other great and glorious works of God.
Verse Job 37:7. _HE SEALETH UP THE HAND OF EVERY MAN_] After all that has been said, and much of it most learnedly, on this verse, I think that the act of _freezing_ is probably intended; that when t...
HE SEALETH UP THE HAND OF EVERY MAN - That is, in the winter, when the snow is on the ground, when the streams are frozen, and when the labors of the husbandman cease. The idea of “sealing up the hand...
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...
_He sealdh up the hand_ Effect of the winter rains and snow on men: all labour in the field is suspended; the hand of man is as it were "sealed up." _that all men may know his work_ The Heb. must be r...
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...
Another wonder of God's power, snow and frost....
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,...
_HE SEALETH UP THE HAND OF EVERY MAN; THAT ALL MEN MAY KNOW HIS WORK._ In winter God stops man's out-of-doors activity. SEALETH - closeth up (Job 9:7). Man's "hands" are then tied up. HIS WORK - i...
37:7 work. (a-15) Or 'that all men, whom he hath made, may know [him].'...
THE SPEECHES OF ELIHU (CONCLUDED) 2. The thunder is frequently called the voice of God: cp. Psalms 29. SOUND] RM 'muttering.'...
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...
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...
בְּ יַד ־כָּל ־אָדָ֥ם יַחְתֹּ֑ום לָ֝ דַ֗עַת
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...
He (e) sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work. (e) By rains and thunders God causes men to keep themselves within their houses....
He sealed up, &c. When he sends those showers of his strength; that is, those storms of rain, he seals up; that is, he shuts up the hands of men from their usual work abroad, and confines them within...
(6) В¶ For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. (7) He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work. How b...
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...
HE SEALETH UP THE HAND OF EVERY MAN,.... That is, by deep snows and heavy rains being on the earth; where, as travellers are stopped in their journeys, and cannot proceed, so various artificers are hi...
He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work. Ver. 7. _He sealeth up the hand of every man_] _i.e._ He, by his great showers, sendeth men home for shelter, glad to intermit the...
_He saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth_ By his powerful will the snow is formed in the air, and falls upon the earth where and when he sees fit. _And the great rain of his strength_ Those storms...
He sealeth up the hand of every man, keeping him from doing his ordinary work at the time of such rains, THAT ALL MEN MAY KNOW HIS WORK, come to the knowledge of His almighty power and realize their a...
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...
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...
By these great snows and rains he drives men out of the fields, and seals or binds tap their hands from all that work, and drives them home to their houses, and in a manner shuts them up there. See GE...
Job 37:7 seals H2856 (H8799) hand H3027 man H120 men H582 know H3045 (H8800) work H4639 He -...
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...
_He sealeth up the hand of every man._ GOD KNOWN BY THE SEALING UP OF MAN’S HAND The primary reference to this statement is to the season of winter. Then the earth is hard With frost, and perhaps cov...
_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...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 37:7 HE SEALS UP THE HAND OF EVERY MAN. This probably refers to the way severe weather causes people to take shelter and thus prevents them from working....
_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...
Ecclesiastes 8:17; Isaiah 26:11; Isaiah 5:12; Job 36:24; Job 5:12;...