Job 37:9

The rendering of this verse in the A.V. is free and in some measure conjectural.

the south lit. the chamber. In ch. Job 9:9 reference was made to the "chambers of the south," and it has been assumed that the same is the meaning here. There is no reason, however, why the southern heavens should be called "chamber" more than any other quarter of the sky; and the passage appears to refer to the season of winter, while the south wind brings heat, Job 37:17. The term "chamber" is most probably used in the sense of "treasury" (ch. Job 38:22), as Psalms 135:7, "He bringeth the wind out of his treasuries." The meaning probably is, out of its(or, his) chamber cometh the whirlwind.

the north The word is of uncertain meaning. It may signify, the scattering(winds), that is, possibly the north winds that scatter the clouds and bring frost.