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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 37:6-13

The changes and extremities of the weather, wet or dry, hot or cold, are the subject of a great deal of our common talk and observation; but how seldom do we think and speak of these things, as Elihu does here, with an awful regard to God the director of them, who shows his power and serves the purposes of his providence by them! We must take notice of the glory of God, not only in the thunder and lightning, but in the more common revolutions of the weather, which are not so terrible and which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 37:12

And it is turned round about by his counsels ,.... The cloud is, and that by the wind, which is turned about to all points of the compass, according to the will of God; by the counsels of him who sits at the helm, as the word signifies, and orders all things according to the counsel of his own will: to which owing every shifting of the wind, and the various motions of the clouds; that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth ; as all his creatures... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 37:12

And it is turned round about by his counsels - The original is difficult: בתחבולתו מתהפך מסבות והוא vehu mesibboth mithhappech bethachbulothav ; which has been thus paraphrased: And he - the sun, makes revolutions - causes the heavenly bodies to revolve round him, turning round himself - turning round his own axis, by his attachments - his attractive and repulsive influences, by which the heavenly bodies revolve round him, and by which, as if strongly tied to their center, בחבל ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 37:1-24

It has been already remarked that there is no natural division between Job 36:1-33 and Job 37:1-24 .—the description of the thunderstorm and its effects runs on. From its effect on cattle, Elihu passes to its effect on man ( Job 37:1-5 ); and thence goes on to speak of other natural manifestations of God's power and marvellousness—snow, violent rain, whirlwind, frost, and the like ( Job 37:6-13 ). He then makes a final appeal to Job to acknowledge his own weakness and God's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 37:1-24

Elihu to Job: 5. The wonderful works of God. I. WONDERFUL IN RESPECT OF THEIR VARIETY . Beginning with the thunderstorm (verse 2), with its quickly spreading clouds ( Job 36:29 ), its sharp, gleaming bolts (verse 3), its crashing and reverberating peals (verse 4), Elihu passes on to descant upon other natural phenomena—such as the falling of the snow and the rain upon the earth (verse 6); the sweeping of the whirlwind, or hot simoom, from the remote regions of the southern... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 37:11-13

The rainstorm. I. ITS SOURCE . It is produced by God, and it is directed by God. He brings it about, and he guides it. 1. It comes from God. Now, this is most certainly an integral part of nature. We have seen that the thunder belongs to nature. That was not always apparent to men; there seemed to be something so weird and awful about it that men attributed it to supernatural agencies. But the rain is manifestly in the order of natural phenomena. Yet this is as Divine as the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 37:12

And it is turned round about by his counsels , "It" ( i.e. the cloud) is "turned round" (or directed in its course) "by his counsels," or under the guidance of his wisdom, and so conveys his rain whither he pleases. That they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth. There is no expressed antecedent to "they." Perhaps the showers are intended, or the atmospheric influences generally. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 37:12

And it is turned round about - The word here rendered “it” (הוא hû') may refer either to the “cloud,” and then it will mean that it is driven about at the pleasure of God; or it may refer to God, and then it will mean that “he” drives it about at pleasure. The sense is not materially varied. The use of the Hebrew participle rendered “turned about” (in Hithpael), would rather imply that it refers to the cloud. The sense then is, that it turns itself round about - referring to the appearance of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 37:11-12

Job 37:11-12. Also by watering The earth; by causing the clouds first to receive, and then to convey to distant parts, and afterward to pour forth, abundance of water; he wearieth the thick clouds Alluding to men’s being wearied with carrying burdens, travelling, and labour. By filling and burdening them with much water, and making them go long journeys to water remote countries, and, at last, to spend and empty themselves there, he, as it were, wearies and fatigues them. He scattereth... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 37:1-24

God’s unknowable purposes (36:1-37:24)Elihu, believing he has all the answers to Job’s questions, says he will now answer Job on God’s behalf (36:1-4). Certainly, God punishes the wicked, but he does not despise all who suffer. If the afflicted are truly righteous, they will soon be exalted (5-7). The reason he afflicts them is to show them their sin. If they repent, they will enjoy renewed and unbroken contentment; if not, they will suffer horrible deaths (8-12).Only the ungodly rebel against... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 37:6-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 37:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 37:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 37:1-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 37:1-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 37:11-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 37:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 37:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 37:11-12

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 37:1-24

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