“ Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly. ”
Upon man abundantly - That is, upon many people. The clouds having received the ascending vapor, retain it, and pour it down copiously for the use of man. The arrangement, to the eye even of one...
God draws up the water-drops and lets them fall in rain. Who can understand the distribution of the clouds, the thunders which fill the cloud where He dwells? ( cf. Psalms 18:11 ). He is surrounded...
Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly. Which the clouds do drop - In proportion to the evaporation will be the clouds or masses of volatilized and suspended vapor; and in proporti...
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: The marvelous formation of rain (so Job 5:9-10 ; Job 37:13 ). Maketh small - rather, 'He draw...
The Speeches of Elihu (continued) 1-15. Elihu maintains the wisdom and impartial justice of the rule of God. His purpose is to discipline and improve men, even by their afflictions.
XXVI. THE DIVINE PREROGATIVE Job 35:1-16 ; Job 36:1-33 ; Job 37:1-24 AFTER a long digression Elihu returns to consider the statement ascribed to Job, "It profiteth a man nothing that he shou...
He Despiseth not Any Job 36:1-33 God is mighty, but He does not despise thee, though thou be the least of saints. His eyes are upon thee for good, and He will set thee before His throne forever...
After answering the arguments of Job, as expressed in the quotations, there would seem to have been a pause. Then Elihu commenced his last address. He first appealed to Job to hear him, as he was ab...
(22) Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him? (23) Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity? (24) В¶ Remember that thou magnify his work, which men b...
Which the clouds do drop [and] distil upon man abundantly. Not upon the persons of men, which they take care as much as possible to shun and avoid, but upon the fields of men, and so for the profit...
Which the clouds do drop [and] distil upon man abundantly. Ver. 28. Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly ] Hence the Dutch call it raegen, and we rained, a rigando, from wat...
For he maketh small , &c. Having affirmed that God's works are incomprehensibly great and glorious, he now proves it from the most common works of nature and providence. And hence he leaves it t...
SPEAKING ON GOD'S BEHALF (vv.1-4) Elihu continues in the same strain, for as he says, there is much more to be said on God's behalf. Where did Elihu find his knowledge? He fetched it "from afar"...
24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold. 25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off. 26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number o...
In such plenty as the necessities of the earth require; which also is a wonderful work of God.
ELIHU’S FOURTH SPEECH No reply being made to Elihu’s preceding address, he resumes. Job 36:1 .—“Elihu also proceded and said”. His object to bring Job to a more becoming state of mind in refere...
Job 36:3 . I will fetch my knowledge from afar; from the expanse of heaven, and from the remotest traditions of the sires. Natural theology is very instructive to man, to acquaint us with the perf...
EXPOSITION Job 36:1-18 The two chapters, Job 36:1-18 ; Job 37:1-18 , form a single discourse, and ought not to have been separated; or, at any rate, not so unskilfully as they are, in the...
The Divine Justice as Supreme Power and Wisdom
Genesis 7:11 ; Genesis 7:12 ; Job 37:11-13 ; Proverbs 3:20
High Altitudes in Elihu's Answer to Job Job 32:1-22 , Job 33:1-33 ; Job 34:1-37 ; Job 35:1-16 ; Job 36:1-33 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We now come to that part of the Book of Job which present...