“ How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind? ”
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...
How thy garments [are] (n) warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south [wind]? (n) Why your clothes should keep you warm when the south wind blows rather than when any other wind blows?
Job is invited to consider God's wonders. Does he know how God lays His charge upon them, i.e. probably the phenomena just described by Elihu in Job 37:1-13 ? Does he understand the flashing of th...
How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind ? How thy garments are warm - What are warmth and cold? How difficult this question! Is heat incontestably a substance, and...
How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind? Thy garments - i:e., how thy body grows warm, so as to affect thy garments with heat? South wind - literally, regi...
The Speeches of Elihu (concluded) 2. The thunder is frequently called the voice of God: cp. Psalms 29 . Sound] RM 'muttering.'
When he quieteth the earth. — Or, When the earth is still.
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...
(14) В¶ Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. (15) Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine? (16) Dost thou know the...
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 ho...
How thy garments [are] warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south [wind]? Ver. 17. How thy garments are warm, when he, &c. ] Canst thou give a reason of the extreme heat that is about the s...
Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds? How God doth, as it were, weigh the clouds in balances; so that, although they are full of water, and heavy, yet they are by his power suspended in the...
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...
14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. 15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine? 16 Dost thou know t...
How and why thy garments keep thee warm; of which as there are some natural causes, so it is certain that they are not sufficient to do it without God's blessing, as experience shows, Haggai 1:6 ....
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...
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...
Final Admonition Addressed to Job
Job 38:31 ; Job 6:17 ; Luke 12:55 ; Psalms 147:18
Quieteth — The air about the earth. From the south — By the sun's coming into the southern parts, which makes the air quiet and warm.