“ The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. ”
The waters are hid as with a stone - The solid ice is laid as a stone upon them, wholly concealing them from view. And the face of the deep is frozen - Margin, “taken.” The idea is, they seem...
The waters are hid (p) as [with] a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. (p) The ice covers it, as though it were paved with stone.
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 (...
The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. The waters are hid as with a stone - Here is a reference to freezing in the winter, as we may learn from some of the constell...
The waters are hid as with a stone— How do the waters harden like a stone? and the face of the waters, how is it congealed? Houb.
The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. The unfrozen waters are hidden under the frozen, as with a covering of stone. Frozen - literally, is taken: the part...
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...
The waters are hid. — Or, The waters hide themselves and become like stone. Water loses its familiar quality, and is turned into stone.
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...
What Man Cannot Do Job 38:19-41 In this chapter a number of nature-pictures pass before us. These include the creation of the earth, Job 38:4-7 ; the sea, Job 38:8-11 ; light, Job 38:12-15 ;...
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?...
The waters are hid as [with] a stone ,.... The surface of the waters by frost become as hard as a stone, and will bear great burdens, and admit of carriages to pass over them c where ships went befo...
The waters are hid as [with] a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. Ver. 30. The waters are hid as with a stone ] This is a further description of ice, which is hard as a stone and clear as...
Hath the rain a father? Is there any man that can beget or produce rain at his pleasure? No; this is my peculiar work. The hoary frost, who hath gendered it? What man can either produce, or doth...
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...
God's Sovereign Dominion and Goodness. B. C. 1520. 25 Who hath divided a watercourse f...
As with a stone, i.e. with ice as hard as a stone. The face of the deep, i.e. the great sea, which is oft called the deep , as Genesis 7:11 Psalms 107:24 Isaiah 51:10 , Isaiah 63:13 2 C...
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 Wonders above the Earth
Job 37:10
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...