That — That this morning light should in a moment spread itself, from one end of the hemisphere to the other. Shaken — From the face of the earth. And this effect the morning — light hath upon the wicked, because it discovers them, whereas darkness hides them; and because it brings them to condign punishment, the morning being the usual time for executing judgment.
Verse Job 38:13. _THAT THE WICKED MIGHT BE SHAKEN OUT OF IT?_] The meaning appears to be this: as soon as the light begins to dawn upon the earth, thieves, assassins, murderers, and adulterers, who a...
THAT IT MIGHT TAKE HOLD OF THE ENDS OF THE EARTH - Margin, as in Hebrew “wings.” Wings are in the Scriptures frequently given to the earth, because it seems to be spread out, and the expression refers...
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...
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...
Yahweh, speaking to Job out of the storm, challenges him to the contest, which he has so often demanded....
THE WICKED. lawless. All the ancient versions and early printed editions read "the lawless...
_ends of the earth_ lit. _skirts_or _wings_of the earth. The figure is beautiful; the dawn as it pours forth along the whole horizon, on both sides of the beholder, lays hold of the borders of the ear...
The dawn that daily overspreads the earth....
A survey of the inanimate creation, the wonders of earth and sky the earth, Job 38:4; the heavens, Job 38:18...
_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.
_HAST THOU COMMANDED THE MORNING SINCE THY DAYS; AND CAUSED THE DAYSPRING TO KNOW HIS PLACE;_ Passing from creation to phenomena in the existing inanimate world. Verse 12. HAST THOU - as God daily d...
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...
Deeds of darkness are checked by the coming of light: cp. John 3:20....
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...
The men were afraid of the night. During the night, evil people seemed to be more powerful (Job 24:13-17). And the darkness reminded the men about death (Job 10:21-22). God explained that he causes t...
SHAKEN OUT OF IT. — The figure is that of a man shaking a cloth (Job 24:15)....
לֶ֭ אֱחֹז בְּ כַנְפֹ֣ות הָ אָ֑רֶץ וְ
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....
DIVINE POWER AND HUMAN IGNORANCE Job 38:1 When the storm had ceased and the thunder was hushed, a voice spoke out of the golden splendor of the sky. See Job 37:21. Job had challenged God to answer hi...
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...
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be (k) shaken out of it? (k) Who having in the night been given to wickedness, cannot abide the light, but hide themselves....
And didst. Some explain Hebrew, "that it (Aurora) might spread at once to the extremities of the earth. Then the wicked flee before it;" as they hate the light, chap. xxxiv. 26., and John iii. 20. (Ca...
(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? ...
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...
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...
THAT IT MIGHT TAKE HOLD OF THE ENDS OF THE EARTH,.... As when the morning light springs forth, it quickly does, reaching in a short time the extreme part of the hemisphere; which, and what goes before...
_That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?_ Ver. 13. _That it might take hold of the ends of the earth_] That is, suddenly illighten the whole horiz...
_Hast thou commanded the morning?_ That is, the morning light, or the sun, which is the cause of it. Didst thou create the sun, and appoint the order and succession of day and night. _Since thy days _...
that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, taking hold of them as of the fringes of an outspread carpet, THAT THE WICKED MIGHT BE SHAKEN OUT OF IT, as dirt is shaken out of a rug? The allusion...
THE MANIFESTATION OF GOD'S MAJESTY IN CREATION...
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...
ENDS: _ Heb._ wings...
The sunrise is described as taking hold of the ends of the earth as if the darkness were. blanket over the globe and shakes the wicked out of it. "Dawn exposes and disperses the evildoers, who prefer...
12-24 The Lord questions Job, to convince him of his ignorance, and shame him for his folly in prescribing to God. If we thus try ourselves, we shall soon be brought to own that what we know is nothi...
That this morning light should in a moment spread itself over the face of the whole earth, from one end of the hemisphere to the other. SHAKEN OUT OF IT, from the face of the earth. And this effect th...
Job 38:13 hold H270 (H8800) ends H3671 earth H776 wicked H7563 shaken H5287 (H8735) take -...
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...
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...
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,...
_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...
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...
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...
Exodus 14:27; Job 24:13; Job 37:3; Psalms 104:21; Psalms 104:22;...
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....