“ When the dust growethi into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? ”
When the dust groweth into hardness - Margin, “is poured, or, is turned into mire.” The words used here relate often to metals, and to the act of pouring them out when fused, for the purpose of c...
When the dust groweth into hardness, (z) and the clods cleave fast together? (z) For when God does not open these bottles, the earth comes to this inconvenience.
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 (...
When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? When the dust groweth into hardness - That is, Who knows how the dust - the elementary particles of matter, were concreted; an...
When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? Groweth ... - rather, pours itself into a mass by the rain, like molten metal; then translate Job 38:38 'Who is it t...
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...
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?...
When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together ?] When the dust is attenuated, and ground, as it were, into powder; and the clods cleave together, as if glued, as in a droug...
When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? Ver. 38. When the dust groweth into hardness, &c. ] When the ground hath had its fill, so that the light dust is turned...
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? Who can wisely search, and exactly find out, the number of the clouds? which are indeed numberless, and filled with water as the next clause implies. Or who ca...
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...
This verse containeth a description either, 1. Of a great drought, when the earth grows hard, and close, and compact; or 2. Of the condition of the earth presently after the fall of the rain, whe...
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
1 Kings 22:35 ; 2 Kings 3:11 ; 2 Kings 4:40 ; 2 Kings 9:6 ; Isaiah 44:3 ; Job 21:33 ; Job 22:16 ; Job 41:17
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...
Mire — By reason of much rain.