Job 37:19 NIV

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

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 37:19

Job 37:19. Teach us what we shall say— The author here gives us an evident proof of his great skill in the management of the drama, as he by degrees prepares us for the appearance of the Almighty. His awful harbingers, the thunder and lightning, at a distance had announced his coming. Elihu then trembled, and his heart was ready to leap out of his breast, Job 37:1. But at his nearer approach, he is in the utmost hurry and confusion: he is afraid to open his mouth; he is lost in amazement. The... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 37:19

19. Men cannot explain God's wonders; we ought, therefore, to be dumb and not contend with God. If Job thinks we ought, "let him teach us, what we shall say." order—frame. darkness—of mind; ignorance. "The eyes are bewilderingly blinded, when turned in bold controversy with God towards the sunny heavens" ( :-) [UMBREIT]. 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 37:19

(19) Teach us what we shall say unto (or, concerning) him—i.e., the sun. “He is altogether hidden by the clouds; but is he gone? is he not still there behind them?” read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 37:1-24

Job 37:16 I rather believe that some of the mysteries of the clouds never will be understood by us at all. 'Knowest thou the balancings of the clouds?' Is the answer ever to be one of pride? The wondrous works of Him, Who is perfect in knowledge? Is our knowledge ever to be so?... For my own part, I enjoy the mystery, and perhaps the reader may. I think he ought. He should not be less grateful for summer rains, or see less beauty in the clouds of morning, because they come to prove him with... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 37:1-24

XXVI.THE DIVINE PREROGATIVEJob 35:1-16; Job 36:1-33; Job 37:1-24AFTER a long digression Elihu returns to consider the statement ascribed to Job, "It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God." {Job 34:9} This he laid hold of as meaning that the Almighty is unjust, and the accusation has been dealt with. Now he resumes the question of the profitableness of religion."Thinkest thou this to be in thy right, And callest thou it ‘My just cause before God,’ That thou dost ask... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Job 37:1-24

CHAPTERS 36:22--37:24 1. God’s power and presence in nature (Job 36:22-33 ) 2. The thunderstorm (Job 37:1-5 ) 3. The snow and the rain (Job 37:6-16 ) 4. Elihu’s concluding remarks (Job 37:17-24 ) Job 36:22-33 . The chapter division in the Authorized Version is at fault. These concluding verses of the thirty-sixth chapter begin the final section of Elihu’s testimony. Unspeakably great in every way, in diction and reverence, is this man’s witness to the ways of God in creation’s work.... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Job 37:19

37:19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; [for] we cannot order [our speech] by reason of {p} darkness.(p) That is, our ignorance: signifying that Job was so presumptuous, that he would control the works of God. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Job 37:1-24

MAN'S IMPOTENCE IN THE STORM (vv.1-5) As the storm breaks upon them, Elihu himself trembles (v.1). The thunder of God's voice calls for man's close attention and His lightning spreads over the whole visible area (vv.2-3). "After it, a voice roars. He thunders with His majestic voice" (v.4). "God thunders marvellously with His voice: He does great things which we cannot comprehend" (v.5). Here before Job's eyes was an object lesson concerning the spiritual storm he had experienced. He could... read more