“ He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work. ”
He sealeth up the hand of every man - That is, in the winter, when the snow is on the ground, when the streams are frozen, and when the labors of the husbandman cease. The idea of “sealing up the...
He (e) sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work. (e) By rains and thunders God causes men to keep themselves within their houses.
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 sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work. He sealeth up the hand of every man - After all that has been said, and much of it most learnedly, on this verse, I think that the...
He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work. In winter God stops man's out-of-doors activity. Sealeth - closeth up ( Job 9:7 ). Man's "hands" are then tied up. H...
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...
(6) В¶ 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. How...
He sealeth up the hand of every man ,.... That is, by deep snows and heavy rains being on the earth; where, as travellers are stopped in their journeys, and cannot proceed, so various artificers are...
He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work. Ver. 7. He sealeth up the hand of every man ] i.e. He, by his great showers, sendeth men home for shelter, glad to intermit t...
He saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth By his powerful will the snow is formed in the air, and falls upon the earth where and when he sees fit. And the great rain of his strength Those storms...
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....
By these great snows and rains he drives men out of the fields, and seals or binds tap their hands from all that work, and drives them home to their houses, and in a manner shuts them up there. See...
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...
Ecclesiastes 8:17 ; Isaiah 26:11 ; Isaiah 5:12 ; Job 36:24 ; Job 5:12 ; Job 9:7 ; Psalms 109:27 ; Psalms 111:2 ; Psalms 46:8 ; Psalms 64:9 ; Psalms 92:4
Sealeth — By these snows and rains he drives men out of the fields, and seals or binds up their hands from their work. That — They may seriously contemplate on these, and other great and glorious w...