the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
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Job 37:17
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When you are sweltering in your clothes and the south wind dies down and everything is still,
How thy garments are warm, when the earth is still by reason of the south wind?
How your garments are warm, When the earth is still by reason of the south [wind]?
You suffer in your clothes when the land is silenced by the hot, south wind.
You, whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind,
How thy garments [are] warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south [wind]?
You whose clothing is warm, When the earth is still by reason of the south wind?
You whose garments are hot, When He quiets the earth [in sultry summer] with the [oppressive] south wind?
you whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind?
Whether thi cloothis ben not hoote, whanne the erthe is blowun with the south?
You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
You almost melt in the heat of fierce desert winds when the sky is like brass.
How thy garments are warm, When the earth is still by reason of the south wind?
You, whose clothing is warm, when the earth is quiet because of the south wind,
"You, sweltering in your clothing as the earth lies still under a sultry south wind,
How thy garments become warm when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
All you know is that you sweat, your clothes stick to you, and all is still and quiet when the heat wave comes from the south.
Thou whose garments are warm, when the earth is still by reason of the south wind;
How thy garments are warme, when hee quieteth the earth by the South wind?
Do you know why you are hot in your clothes when the land becomes quiet because of the south wind?
you whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind?
Or howe thy clothes are warme, when he maketh the earth quiet through the South winde?
Do you know why your garments get hot when the earth changes its position after the equinox?
No, you can only suffer in the heat when the south wind oppresses the land.
That thy garments should be hot when he quieteth the earth from the south?
Are not thy garments hot, when the south wind blows upon the earth?
you whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind?
And how thy clothes are warme, when the lande is stil through the south winde?
But thy robe is warm, and there is quiet upon the land.
You whose clothes get hotwhen the south wind brings calm to the land,
You whose clothing is warm, When the eretz is still by reason of the south wind?
You whose garments are hot, when the earth is being still because of the south wind,
you whose garments are warm when the earth is still from the south wind?
How thy garments [are] warm, In the quieting of the earth from the south?
and how thy clothes are warme, whe the lode is still thorow the south wynde?
You whose garments are hot When the land is still because of the south wind?
Why are your garments hot, When He quiets the earth by the south wind?
You whose garments are hot, When the land is still because of the south wind?
You whose garments are hot,When the land is quiet because of the south wind?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
he: Job 6:17, Job 38:31, Psalms 147:18, Luke 12:55
Reciprocal: Ecclesiastes 1:6 - The wind John 3:8 - wind Acts 27:13 - the south
Cross-References
And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
How thy garments [are] warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south [wind]?] One should think there is no great difficulty in accounting for this, that a man's clothes should be warm, and he so hot as not to be able to bear them, but obliged to put them off in the summer season, when only the south wind blows, which brings heat, a serene sky, and fine weather, Luke 12:55; and yet there is something in the concourse of divine Providence attending these natural causes, and his blessing with them, without which the garment of a man will not be warm, or at least not warming to him, Haggai 1:6; or
"how thy garments are warm when the land is still from the south,''
as Mr. Broughton renders the words; that is, how it is when the earth is still from the whirlwinds of the south; or when that wind does not blow which brings heat, but northerly winds in the winter time; that then a man's garments should be warm, and keep him warm.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
How thy garments are warm - What is the reason that the garments which we wear produce warmth? This, it would seem, was one of the philosophical questions which were asked at that time, and which it was difficult to explain. Perhaps it has never occurred to most persons to ask this apparently simple question, and if the inquiry were proposed to them, plain as it seems to be, they would find it as difficult to give an answer as Elihu supposed it would be for Job. Of the fact here referred to that the garments became oppressive when a sultry wind came from the south, there could be no dispute. But what was the precise difficulty in explaining the fact, is not so clear. Some suppose that Elihu asks this question sarcastically, as meaning that Job could not explain the simplest matters and the plainest facts; but there is every reason to think that the question was proposed with entire seriousness, and that it was supposed to involve real difficulty. It seems probable that the difficulty was not so much to explain why the garments should become oppressive in a burning or sultry atmosphere, as to show how the heated air itself was produced It was difficult to explain why cold came out of the north Job 37:9; how the clouds were suspended, and the lightnings caused Job 37:11, Job 37:15-16; and it was not less difficult to show what produced uncomfortable heat when the storms from the north were allayed; when the earth became quiet, and when the breezes blowed from the south. This would be a fair question for investigation, and we may readily suppose that the causes then were not fully known.
When he quieteth the earth - When the piercing blast from the north dies away, and the wind comes round to the south, producing a more gentle, but a sultry air. It was true not only that the whirlwind came from the south Job 37:9, but also that the heated burning air came also from that quarter, Luke 12:55. We know the reason to be that the equatorial regions are warmer than those at the north, and especially that in the regions where Job lived the air becomes heated by passing over extended plains of sand, but there is no reason to suppose that this was fully understood at the time referred to here.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 37:17. How thy garments are warm — What are warmth and cold? How difficult this question! Is heat incontestably a substance, and is cold none? I am afraid we are in the dark on both these subjects. The existence of caloric, as a substance, is supposed to be demonstrated. Much, satisfactorily, has been said on this subject; but is it yet beyond doubt? I fear not. But supposing this question to be set at rest, is it demonstrated that cold is only a quality, the mere absence of heat? If it be demonstrated that there is such a substance as caloric, is it equally certain that there is no such substance as frigoric? But how do our garments keep us warm? By preventing the too great dissipation of the natural heat. And why is it that certain substances, worked into clothing, keep us warmer than others? Because they are bad conductors of caloric. Some substances conduct off the caloric or natural heat from the body; others do not conduct it at all, or imperfectly; hence those keep us warmest which, being bad conductors of caloric, do not permit the natural heat to be thrown off. In these things we know but little, after endless cares, anxieties, and experiments!
But is the question yet satisfactorily answered, why the north wind brings cold, and the south wind heat? If it be so to my readers, it is not so to me; yet I know the reasons which are alleged.
