CONTENTS
Hitherto, through the subject of dispute, we have been attending to the words of Job and his friends. In this chapter God himself becomes the speaker; and a most solemn address it forms. God challengeth Job, from the whirlwind, on divers subjects, by way of showing Job's nothingness, and the Lord's sovereignty; and this in such language as manifests the wisdom of the Speaker, beyond all possible conception, of man's weakness, and the Lord's strength.
(1) В¶ Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Reader, let us enter upon the perusal of this chapter with more than ordinary reverence. When GOD speaks, well may man hear. Job might well have cried out, and you and I ought to cry out in the language of Samuel. Speak, Lord! for thy servant heareth. 1 Samuel 3:9. And, Reader, let us further observe from whence the LORD spake; from the whirlwind: such as the LORD spake to the Prophet Elijah from, 1 Kings 19:11-12. The Prophet Ezekiel, and the Evangelist John, were favoured with visions in the same way. Ezekiel 1:4; Revelation 10:4.