“ It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. ”
It is turned as clay to the seal - A great variety of interpretations has been given to this passage. Schultens enumerates no less than twenty, and of course it is not easy to determine the meani...
It is turned as clay [to] the seal; (l) and they stand as a garment. (l) The earth which seemed in the night to have no form by the rising of the sun, is as it were created anew, and all things in i...
The Wonders of the Inanimate Creation. Where was Job when the earth was made? The work of creation is described as the building of a house. In Job 38:7 the stars, which are older than the world (...
It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. It is turned as clay to the seal - The earth, like soft clay, is capable of modifying itself in endless ways, and assuming infinite fo...
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; Passing from creation to phenomena in the existing inanimate world. Verse 12. Hast thou - as God...
The First Speech of the Almighty ( Job 38:39 ) The marvels of creation, which witness to the infinite wisdom, power, and watchful care of the Creator, are presented to Job in such a way as to forc...
As clay to the seal. — In the darkness every object is without form and void, just as clay or wax, which has no distinctness of shape till the seal is applied, and then the impression is clear and...
XXVII. "MUSIC IN THE BOUNDS OF LAW" Job 38:1-41 OVER the shadowed life of Job, and the world shadowed for him by his own intellectual and moral gloom, a storm sweeps, and from the storm issues...
Divine Power and Human Ignorance Job 38:1-18 When the storm had ceased and the thunder was hushed, a voice spoke out of the golden splendor of the sky. See Job 37:21-22 . Job had challenged Go...
Here begins the third movement in the great drama, that which deals with the controversy between Jehovah and Job. Out of the midst of the whirlwind the divine voice speaks. Its first word is a challe...
(4) В¶ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. (5) Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?...
It is turned as clay [to] the seal ,.... As the clay receives a different form by the impress of the seal upon it, so the earth appears in a different manner by the spring of morning light upon it;...
It is turned as clay [to] the seal; and they stand as a garment. Ver. 14. It is turned as clay to the seal ] That is, the earth, now discerned, by reason of the air enlightened. The sense is this,...
It is turned as clay to the seal As the seal makes a beautiful impression upon the clay, which, in itself, hath no form or comeliness; so the earth, which in the darkness of the night lies like a c...
Marvellously, God Himself directly intervenes in this discussion so early in the history of man. The storm that had been brewing as Elihu spoke becomes a whirlwind, and God spoke to Job out of the wh...
Works of God. B. C. 1520. 12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and cau...
It, to wit, the earth, mentioned in the next foregoing verse. Is turned; is transformed and changed in its shape and appearance. To the seal, or, by the seal , which makes a beautiful or valua...
JEHOVAH’S ADDRESS TO JOB Elihu had now said all he intended. Possibly interrupted by the storm which had been gathering during his speech. Out of the storm-cloud, from which already issued thund...
Job 38:1 . The whirlwind. Clouds and flames are the chariots of the Lord, in deigning to speak with men. When he spake to Elijah in Horeb, it was with wind, and fire, and earthquake. Likewise in...
CLOSE OF THE CONTROVERSY BY THE INTERFERENCE OF THE ALMIGHTY . EXPOSITION The discourse, by which the Almighty answers Job and rebukes his "friends," occupies four chapters (...
The Manifestation of God's Majesty in Creation
Psalms 104:2 ; Psalms 104:6
God Speaks to Job Job 38:1-41 to Job 42:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS God's words to Job do not carry much by way of the explanation of redemption. Job was a child of God, and well-instructed...
It — The earth. Turned — Is changed in its appearance. By the seal — The seal makes a beautiful impression upon the clay, which in itself hath no form, or comeliness. So the earth, which in the dar...