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Job 38:1
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Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Then the Lord answered Job from the storm. He said:
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind:
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
Forsothe the Lord answeride fro the whirlewynd to Joob,
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
The Lord Speaks From out of a storm, the Lord said to Job:
Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
And the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,
Then Adonai answered Iyov out of the storm:
And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
Then the Lord spoke to Job from a whirlwind and said,
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
Then the Lord answered Iob out of the whirlewind, and sayd,
Then the Lord answered Job out of the strong wind and said,
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind:
Then answered the Lord vnto Iob out of the whirle winde, and said,
THEN the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Then out of the storm the Lord spoke to Job.
Then Yahweh responded to Job, out of a storm, and said: -
Then the Lord answered Job out of a whirlwind, and said:
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind:
Then aunswered the Lorde vnto Iob out of the whirle winde, and saide:
And after Elius had ceased from speaking, the Lord spoke to Job through the whirlwind and clouds, saying,
Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind. He said:
Then the LORD answered Iyov out of the whirlwind,
Then Yahweh answered Job from the storm, and he said,
And Jehovah answered Job out of the tempest and said:
And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --
Then spake the LORDE vnto Iob out of the storme, and sayde:
And now, finally, God answered Job from the eye of a violent storm. He said:
Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind and said,
Genesis 1:1-10">[xr] Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Job 37:1, Job 37:2, Job 37:9, Job 37:14, Exodus 19:16-19, Deuteronomy 4:11, Deuteronomy 4:12, Deuteronomy 5:22-24, 1 Kings 19:11, 2 Kings 2:1, 2 Kings 2:11, Ezekiel 1:4, Nahum 1:3
Reciprocal: Genesis 3:8 - cool of the day Genesis 9:10 - General Job 11:5 - General Job 31:35 - Oh Job 40:1 - General Job 40:6 - out Psalms 111:2 - works Matthew 17:5 - a voice
Cross-References
And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.
David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.
And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind,.... As soon as Elihu had done speaking, who saw the tempest rising, and gave hints of it, Job 37:2; and hastened to finish his discourse. This was raised to give notice of the Lord being about to appear, and to display his majesty, and to command reverence and attention. The Targum calls it the whirlwind of distress, as it might be to Job; and a representation of the distressed and disturbed state and condition in which he was. The person that spoke out of it is Jehovah the Son of God, the eternal Word, who very probably appeared in an human form; there was an object seen, Job 42:5; and spoke with an articulate voice to Job;
and said; in answer to his frequent wishes and desires that the Lord would appear and take his cause in hand.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Then the Lord answered Job - This speech is addressed particularly to Job, not only because he is the principal personage referred to in the book, but particularly because he had indulged in language of murmuring and complaint. God designed to bring him to a proper state of mind before he appeared openly for his vindication. It is the purpose of God, in his dealings with his people, “to bring them to a proper state of mind” before he appears as their vindicator and friend, and hence, their trials are often prolonged, and when he appears, he seems at first to come only to rebuke them. Job had indulged in very improper feelings, and it was needful that those feelings should be subdued before God would manifest himself as his friend, and address him in words of consolation.
Out of the whirlwind - The tempest; the storm - probably that which Elihu had seen approaching, Job 37:21-24. God is often represented as speaking to people in this manner. He spake amidst lightnings and tempests on Mount Sinai Exodus 19:16-19, and he is frequently represented as appearing amidst the thunders and lightnings of a tempest, as a symbol of his majesty; compare Psalms 18:9-13; Habakkuk 3:3-6. The word here rendered “whirlwind” means rather “a storm, a tempest.” The Septuagint renders this verse, “After Elihu had ceased speaking, the Lord spake to Job from a tempest and clouds.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER XXXVIII
The Lord answers Job out of a whirlwind, and challenges him to
answer, 1-3.
He convinces him of ignorance and weakness, by an enumeration
of some of his mighty works; particularly of the creation of
the earth, 4-7.
The sea and the deeps, 8-18.
The light, 19-21.
Snow, hail, thunder, lightning, rain, dew, ice, and hoar-frost,
22-30.
Different constellations, and the ordinances of heaven
influencing the earth, 31-33.
Shows his own power and wisdom in the atmosphere, particularly
in the thunder, lightnings, and rain, 34-38.
His providence in reference to the brute creation, 39-41.
NOTES ON CHAP. XXXVIII
Verse Job 38:1. The Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind — It is not סופה suphah, as in the preceding chapter, Job 37:9; but סורה searah, which signifies something turbulent, tumultuous, or violently agitated; and here may signify what we call a tempest, and was intended to fill Job's mind with solemnity, and an awful sense of the majesty of God. The Chaldee has, a whirlwind of grief, making the whole rather allegorical than real; impressing the scene on Job's imagination.
