約伯記 37:9-10 RCUVTS

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 37:10

By the breath of God frost is given - Not by the violent north wind, or by the whirlwind of the south, but God seems to “breathe” in a gentle manner, and the earth is covered with hoary frost. It appears in a still night, when there is no storm or tempest, and descends upon the earth as silently as if it were produced by mere breathing. Frost is congealed or frozen dew. On the formation and cause of dew, see the notes at Job 38:28. The figure is poetical and beautiful. The slight motion of the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 37:9-10

Job 37:9-10. Out of the south Hebrew, מן החרד , min ha-chered: εκ ταμειων : de promptuariis, out of the store-houses, LXX.; ab interioribus, from the inner chambers, Vulgate Latin. The same with the chambers of the south, Job 9:9. Or the southern part of the world, so called, because in a great part it was unknown to those of the northern hemisphere, in which Job and his friends lived. Cometh the whirlwind Violent and stormy winds; which, in those parts, most frequently came out... 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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 37:10

breath. Hebrew. neshamah. App-16 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 37:10

Job 37:10. By the breath of God frost is given— By the breath of God he giveth ice, and he swelleth the waters by the thaw: Job 37:11. Fair weather also disperseth the cloud; his sun scattereth the cloud abroad; Job 37:12. This also [the sun] by his wisdom performeth its revolution, that men may execute whatever he commandeth them upon the face of the earth. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 37:9

9. south—literally, "chambers"; connected with the south ( :-). The whirlwinds are poetically regarded as pent up by God in His southern chambers, whence He sends them forth (so Job 38:22; Psalms 135:7). As to the southern whirlwinds (see Isaiah 21:1; Zechariah 9:14), they drive before them burning sands; chiefly from February to May. the north—literally, "scattering"; the north wind scatters the clouds. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 37:10

10. the breath of God—poetically, for the ice-producing north wind. frost—rather, "ice." straitened—physically accurate; frost compresses or contracts the expanded liquid into a congealed mass (Job 38:29; Job 38:30; Psalms 147:17; Psalms 147:18). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 37:1-24

The Speeches of Elihu (concluded)2. The thunder is frequently called the voice of God: cp. Psalms 29. Sound] RM ’muttering.’4. Them] the flashes and thunderclaps. 6c. RV ’And to the showers of his mighty rain.’ 7b. RV ’That all men whom he hath made may know it.’The suspension of work by storms shows men that they are subject to a higher Power.9. Render, ’The whirlwind comes from its chamber, and cold from the scatterers,’ i.e. from the winds (so RM), which scatter the clouds. But we should... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 37:9

(9) Out of the south.—Rather, out of its chamber (see Job 9:9) cometh the whirlwind, or typhoon: and cold from the northern constellations, from the quarter of the heavens where they shine. read more