Job 37:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightningb unto the ends of the earth. ”

Job 37:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He directeth it under the whole heaven - It is under the control of God, and he directs it where he pleases. It is not confined to one spot, but seems to be complaining from every part of the hea...
Job 37:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Job 37:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth. He directeth it under the whole heaven - He directeth it (the lightning) under the whole heaven, in the twinkling...
Job 37:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He directeth it under the whole heaven— Its flash is beneath the whole heavens, and its blaze unto the ends of the earth. Schultens and Heath.
Job 37:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth. Directeth it - however zig-zag the lighting's course; or, rather, it applies to the peeling roll of the t...
Job 37:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Speeches of Elihu (concluded) 2. The thunder is frequently called the voice of God: cp. Psalms 29 . Sound] RM 'muttering.'
Job 37:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He directeth it. — Or, sendeth it forth: i.e., the noise and rumbling which fills all heaven.
Job 37:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Job 37:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Job 37:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Job 37:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place. (2) Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth. (3) He directeth it under the whole heav...
Job 37:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He directeth it under the whole heaven ,.... His voice of thunder, which rolls from one end of the heaven to the other: he charges the clouds with it, and directs both it and them where they shall g...
Job 37:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth. Ver. 3. He directeth it under the whole heaven ] Heb. He maketh it to go right forward, meaning the thunder, t...
Job 37:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He directeth it Namely, his voice, his thunder; under the whole heaven It is heard far and near, for he darts it through the whole region of the air: and his lightning , &c. Preceded by terr...
Job 37:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Job 37:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Address of Elihu. B. C. 1520. 1 At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of...
Job 37:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He directeth it, to wit, his voice; which he shooteth or guideth like an arrow to the mark, so disposing it that it may do that work for which he sends it. Under the whole heaven; far and wide th...
Job 37:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 37:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Job 37:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Job 37:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Job 37:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Job 37:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 11:12 ; Job 38:13 ; Matthew 24:27 ; Psalms 77:13 ; Psalms 97:4 ; Revelation 11:19
Job 37:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Directeth — His voice: which he guideth like an arrow to the mark, that it may do that work for which he sends it.

Job 37:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 37:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 37:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 37:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 37:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 37:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 37:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 37:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 37:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 37:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 37:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 37:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 37:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 37:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 37:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 37:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 37:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 37:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 37:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 37:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 37:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 37:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 37:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 37:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes