Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Job 38:24
By what way is the light parted? — i.e., distributed in turn to all the inhabitants of the earth.
The east wind. — As naturally suggested by the origin of light and the mention of it.
By what way is the light parted? — i.e., distributed in turn to all the inhabitants of the earth.
The east wind. — As naturally suggested by the origin of light and the mention of it.
Verse Job 38:24. _BY WHAT WAY IS THE LIGHT PARTED_] Who can accurately describe the _cause_ and _operation_ of a _thunder cloud_, the cause, nature, and mode of operation of the _lightning_ itself? I...
BY WHAT WAY IS THE LIGHT PARTED - The reference here is to the light of the morning, that seems to come from one point, and to spread itself at once over the whole earth. It seems to be collected in t...
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...
PART. divide up into parts: as the rays of light in. prism....
The stormy wind, rain and lightning....
The verse seems to mean: Which is the way to where the light is parted, And the east wind spreadeth over the earth? The phrase in clause first is the same as in Job 38:19. The words may mean _by wh...
The wonders of the heavens....
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.
_BY WHAT WAY IS THE LIGHT PARTED, WHICH SCATTERETH THE EAST WIND UPON THE EARTH?_ Is ... parted - parts, so as to diffuse itself over the whole earth, though seeming to come from one point. Light tra...
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...
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...
God controls the weather. And he uses the weather for his own purposes. He even waters the grass where nobody lives (verse 27). A man would not choose to water that grass. But God controls the whole w...
אֵי ־זֶ֣ה הַ֭ דֶּרֶךְ יֵחָ֣לֶק אֹ֑ור יָפֵ֖ץ
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....
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,...
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...
CHAPTER XXXVIII. _ Heat. Hebrew kadim, (Haydock) the "east." Septuagint, "south wind." Perhaps the east winds produced the same bad effects in Egypt, as the south wind did in Judea; (Calmet) or this...
(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...
BY WHAT WAY IS THE LIGHT PARTED,.... That is, dost thou know by what way it is parted or divided? as at the first creation, when God divided the light from darkness, Genesis 1:4; or at sun rising and...
By what way is the light parted, [which] scattereth the east wind upon the earth? Ver. 24. _By what way is the light parted_] _sc._ From the clouds by lightning, or from darkness by the sunrising? Kn...
_By what way is the light parted_ Or _dispersed_, or _distributed_, namely, in the air, or upon the face of the earth. This is variously distributed in the world, shining in one place and time, when i...
By what way is the light parted, that is, what road leads there, WHICH SCATTERETH THE EAST WIND UPON THE EARTH? Both the light and the east wind defy the calculation of men in the swiftness of their c...
GOD'S MAJESTY IN THE FORCES OF NATUREV. 16. HAST THOU ENTERED INTO THE SPRINGS OF THE SEA, the great fountains of the deep, Genesis 7, 11? OR HAST THOU WALKED IN THE SEARCH OF THE DEPTH, to examine th...
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...
"WHERE IS THE WAY THAT THE LIGHT IS DIVIDED": "Did he know how light has been distributed around the globe, or how the east wind is scattered" _(Jackson p. 80)._ To this day with all our technology, m...
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...
BY WHAT WAY; dost thou know all the causes, means, methods, and circumstances of this work of God? _Is the light parted or dispersed or distributed, to wit_, in the air, or upon the face of the earth?...
Job 38:24 what H335 way H1870 light H216 diffused H2505 (H8735) wind H6921 scattered H6327 (H8686) earth...
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...
Job 38:12; Job 38:13; Jonah 4:8; Matthew 24:27...
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....
Distributed — In the air, and upon the face of the earth. This is variously distributed in the world, shining in one place and time, when it doth not shine in another, or for a longer time, or with gr...