“ He causeth it to come, whether for correction,d or for his land, or for mercy. ”
He causeth it to come - That is, the rain, or the storm. It is entirely under the hand of God, like the lightning Job 36:30 , and designed to accomplish his purposes of mercy and of justice....
He causeth it to come, whether for (k) correction, or for his land, or for mercy. (k) Rain, cold, heat, tempests and such like are sent from God, either to punish man, or to profit the earth, or to...
Elihu trembles at this. Listen to the thunder. First the lightning flashes ( Job 37:3 ) then the thunder follows ( Job 37:4 f.). Job 37:2 suggests that a thunderstorm was actually taking place...
He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy. He causeth it to come - The Vulgate translates the text thus: Sive in una tribu, sine in terra sua, sive in quocunque loc...
He causeth it to come— See chap. Job 38:23 . It seems to me not improbable, says Bp. Sherlock, that these reflections arose from the methods made use of by Providence (not worn out of memory in th...
Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud: How the thunder-clouds are dispersed, or else employed by God either for correction or mercy. By watering - by...
The Speeches of Elihu (concluded) 2. The thunder is frequently called the voice of God: cp. Psalms 29 . Sound] RM 'muttering.'
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...
the Light in the Clouds Job 37:1-24 As Elihu spoke a thunder-storm was gathering, and much of the imagery of this chapter is suggested by that fact. The little group listened to the sound of Go...
The description of the storm commenced in the previous chapter and is here completed. There is first the drawing up of the water into the clouds, their spreading over the sky, the strange mutterings...
(8) Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places. (9) Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. (10) By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the wa...
He causeth it to come ,.... The cloud, and rain by it; whether for correction ; for the reproof and chastisement of men for their sins, by suffering such quantities to fall as wash away, or corrup...
He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy. Ver. 13. He causeth it to come, whether for correction ] Heb. For a rod, εις παιδειαν (Sept.). God hath his rods stick...
Whether for correction Hebrew, אם לשׁבשׂ, im leshebet, whether for a rod , to scourge or correct men by immoderate showers. The word, however, also means, a tribe , for a certain portion of land,...
MAN'S IMPOTENCE IN THE STORM (vv.1-5) As the storm breaks upon them, Elihu himself trembles (v.1). The thunder of God's voice calls for man's close attention and His lightning spreads over the w...
6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. 7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work....
He causeth it to come, Heb. he maketh it (to wit, the cloud, or clouds, and the rain which is in it) to find , to wit, a path, or to find out the persons or place to which God intends either goo...
ELIHU’S FOURTH SPEECH CONTINUED Elihu continues his discourse, apparently in the midst of loud thunder-claps, suddenly issuing from the storm-cloud out of which the Almighty was about to speak,...
Job 37:5 . God thundereth marvellously with his voice. See on Psalms 29 . This chapter is divided from the former, in the midst of a sublime description of a storm. Job 37:22 . The golden splen...
Hear attentively the noise of His voice. What is Elihu’s message What he really contributes to the main argument of the book is, that suffering may be medicinal, corrective, fructifying, as wel...
EXPOSITION Job 37:1-18 It has been already remarked that there is no natural division between Job 36:1-18 and Job 37:1-18 .—the description of the thunderstorm and its effects runs on. F...
The Last Word on the Miracles in NatuRev. 1. At this, namely, the powerful exhibition of God's majesty, as just described, also my heart trembleth and is moved out of his place, springing up, gi...
1 Kings 18:45 ; 1 Samuel 12:18 ; 1 Samuel 12:19 ; 2 Samuel 21:10 ; 2 Samuel 21:14 ; Exodus 9:18-25 ; Ezra 10:9 ; Job 36:31 ; Job 37:6 ; Job 38:26 ; Job 38:27 ; Job 38:37 ; Job 38:38 ; J...
Correction — To scourge or correct men by immoderate showers. Earth — The whole earth, which is said to be the Lord's, Psalms 24:1 , Psalms 50:12 , and so this may denote a general judgment by ex...