Arcturus] RV 'the Bear.' The Heb. names in this v. are supposed to refer to three well-known constellations, the Bear, the Pleiades, and Orion. Chambers of the south] the southern heavens. So the Babylonians divided the sky into 'lunar mansions.'
Verse Job 9:9. _WHICH MAKETH ARCTURUS, ORION, AND PLEIADES, AND THE_ _CHAMBERS OF THE SOUTH._] For this translation the original words are עשה עש כסיל וכימה והדרי תמן _oseh ash, kesil, vechimah vehad...
WHICH MAKETH ARCTURUS - This verse, with others of the same description in the book of Job, is of special importance, as they furnish an illustration of the views which prevailed among the patriarchs...
CHAPTER S 9-10 JOB ANSWERS BILDAD _ 1. The supremacy and power of God (Job 9:1)_ 2. How then can Job meet Him? (Job 9:11) 3. He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked (Job 9:22) 4. Confession of we...
JOB 9:1 is Job's answer to the position taken up by Bildad, viz. that the Almighty cannot judge falsely (Job 8:3). In Job 2 accepts the general principle that God judges according to merit. But of wha...
ARCTURUS. Hebrew. _'ash._. name still connected with "the Great Bear" (the more ancient name being "the greater sheepfold": Arab, _al naish,_ the assembled (as in. fold). See Job 38:31; Job 38:32, and...
The Hebrew names are _-âsh_(_-ayish_ch. Job 38:32), _keseel_, and _keemah_. These names may possibly denote the Bear, Orion and the Pleiades or seven stars; there is, however, considerable uncertainty...
Description of God's omnipotent power as it displays itself in the material world. _they know not_ Suddenly and unexpectedly, Psalms 35:8; Jeremiah 50:24....
WHICH MAKETH ARCTURUS, &C.— _Who maketh the constellation of the northern hemisphere, as well as the hidden chambers of the south, i.e._ the furthest part of the south, or those constellations which a...
E. NOT GUILTYTHE CRIME OF INNOCENCEJOB'S CRY (Job 9:1, Job 10:22) 1. Man is no match before the all-powerful, all-wise God. (Job 9:1-12) TEXT 9:1-12 9 THEN JOB ANSWERED AND SAID, 2 Of a truth I k...
_WHICH MAKETH ARCTURUS, ORION, AND PLEIADES, AND THE CHAMBERS OF THE SOUTH._ Maketh. Umbreit translates, from the Arabic, covereth up. This accords with the context, which describes His boundless pow...
9:9 chambers (d-11) i.e. the starry regions....
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 9 JOB REPLIES TO BILDAD’S F...
Some people may think that they are strong or powerful. But God is much more powerful than any person. The Bible says that God made everything (Genesis chapter 1). He made our wonderful world. He plac...
WHICH MAKETH ARCTURUS... — This shows us that in the time of this writer, whoever he was, his fellow-countrymen had attained to such knowledge of astronomy as is here implied in the specific names of...
עֹֽשֶׂה ־עָ֭שׁ כְּסִ֥יל וְ כִימָ֗ה וְ חַדְרֵ֥
X. THE THOUGHT OF A DAYSMAN JOB 9:1; Job 10:1 Job SPEAKS IT is with an infinitely sad restatement of what God has been made to appear to him by Bildad's speech that Job begins his reply. Yes, yes; it...
“THE DAYSMAN” Job 9:1 Ponder the sublimity of the conceptions of God given in this magnificent passage. To God are attributed the earthquake that rocks the pillars on which the world rests, Job 9:6;...
Job now answered Bildad. He first admitted the truth of the general proposition, Of a truth I know that it IS so; and then propounded the great question, which he subsequently proceeded to discuss in...
Which maketh (d) Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. (d) These are the names of certain stars by which he means that all stars both known and unknown are at his appointment....
Arcturus, &c. These are names of stars or constellations. In Hebrew, Hash, Cesil, and Cima. (Challoner) --- And chadre theman, (Haydock) the "bottom or seals of the south," which were to him invisible...
(5) Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. (6) Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. (7) Which commandeth the sun, a...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...
WHICH MAKETH ARCTURUS,.... By which is meant not a single star, but a collection of stars, as Bar Tzemach and Ben Melech, a constellation; hence we read of Arcturus and his sons, Job 38:32. Aben Ezra...
Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. Ver. 9. _Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades_] Those glorious constellations, which do, after a sort, govern the four...
_Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades_, &c. Who ordereth and disposeth them, as the word _making_ is sometimes used in the Scriptures; governeth their rising and setting, and all their influence...
JOB'S DEFENSE AGAINST SUSPICION. Both Eliphaz and Bildad had attempted to fasten upon Job some specific wrong, seeking from him a confession to that effect. He therefore defends himself against this...
Which maketh Arcturus, the constellation of the Great Bear, in the northern part of the sky, ORION, a constellation of the southern sky, AND PLEIADES, a constellation of the eastern sky, AND THE CHAMB...
HOW CAN MAN BE JUST BEFORE GOD? (vv.1-13) Job's reply to Bildad occupies two Chapter s, 35 verses longer than Bildad's arguments had taken. But Job acknowledged, "Truly, I know it is so," that is, h...
ARCTURUS, ORION AND PLEIADES: _ Heb._ Ash, Cesil, and Cimah...
"The Bear (the Big Dipper) in the north, Orion in the south, Pleiades in the east and west, and the 'chambers of the south', i.e. southern constellations" _(Zuck p. 47)._...
1-13 In this answer Job declared that he did not doubt the justice of God, when he denied himself to be a hypocrite; for how should man be just with God? Before him he pleaded guilty of sins more tha...
MAKETH; either, 1. Created them; or rather, 2. Ordereth and disposeth them, as the word _making_ is sometimes used in Scripture; governeth their rising and setting, and all their influences. ARCTURUS...
Job 9:9 made H6213 (H8802) Bear H5906 Orion H3685 Pleiades H3598 chambers H2315 south H8486 maketh -...
ARCTURUS Hebrew, Ash, Cesil, and Cimah....
CONTENTS: Job answers Bildad, denying he is a hypocrite. CHARACTERS: God, Job, Bildad. CONCLUSION: Man is an unequal match for his Maker, either in dispute or combat. If God should deal with any of...
Job 9:5. _Removeth the mountains,_ by earthquakes. The great mountain ranges have continuous caverns, with interior rivers and lakes. Where liases, iron and sulphur abound, volcanoes form their beds o...
_Which removeth the mountains._ GOD IN NATURE I. Its almightiness is overwhelmingly grand in its manifestations. “Removeth the mountains,” etc. The whole passage impresses one with the unbounded ene...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 9:1 Job responds, in a speech that is relentlessly legal: ch. Job 9:1 is framed by the term CONTEND ...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 9:3 Job does not respond further to the specifics of Bildad’s argument. Instead he describes the difficulty of anyone arguing a case before God (vv. Job 9:3), given his power and stren...
_JOB’S REPLY TO BILDAD_ Strongly affirms the truth of Bildad’s speech as to God’s justice (Job 9:1). Declares the impossibility of fallen man establishing his righteousness with God. The same, already...
EXPOSITION JOB 9:1 Job, in answer to Bildad, admits the truth of his arguments, but declines to attempt the justification which can alone entitle him to accept the favourable side of Bildad's alterna...
So Job answers him and he said, I know it is true (Job 9:1-2): What? That God is fair. That God is just. Now that is something that we need to all know. That is true. God is righteous. God is just. Th...
Acts 28:13; Amos 5:8; Genesis 1:16; Job 38:31; Job 38:32;...
Ordereth — Disposeth them, governeth their rising and setting, and all their influences. These he names as constellations of greatest eminency; but under them he seems to comprehend all the stars, whi...