“ Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all. ”
Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? - How far the earth extends. To see the force of this, we must remember that the early conception of the earth was that it was a vast plain, and that...
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 (...
Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all. The breadth of the earth? - At that time the circumference of the globe was not known, because the earth itself was suppo...
Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all. Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? - as God doth ( Job 28:24 ).
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...
Perceived. — Or rather, perhaps, comprehended. The breadth of the earth. — The earth being conceived of as a vast plain (comp. Job 38:13 ). Unscientific as all this language is, it is not a l...
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?...
Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth ?.... Which may be put for all the dimensions of it, length, breadth, diameter, and circumference, but especially it regards the surface of it, and the m...
Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all. Ver. 18. Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? ] Heb. the breadths, i.e. the length also and circumference the...
Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? Nay, dost thou so much as understand the extent and all the parts of the earth, and the state and quality of all countries, and of the men and things i...
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...
Dost thou exactly know the whole compass and all parts of the earth, and the state and quality of all countries, and of the men and things in them? Give me an answer to these questions, which is far...
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 (...
God's Majesty in the Forces of NatuRev. 16. Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea, the great fountains of the deep, Genesis 7, 11? Or hast thou walked in the search of the depth, to exam...
Isaiah 40:28 ; Jeremiah 31:37 ; Psalms 74:17 ; Psalms 89:11 ; Psalms 89:12 ; Revelation 20:9
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...
Breadth — The whole compass and all the parts of it?