约伯记 26:7-14 CUNPSS

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 26:5-14

Job now turns from controversy to the realities of the case, and begins with a full acknowledgment of God's greatness, might, and inscrutableness. As Bildad seemed to have supposed that he needed enlightenment on these points ( Job 26:2-4 ), Job may have thought it right to make once more a plain profession of his belief (comp. Job 9:4-18 ; Job 12:9-25 , etc.). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 26:6-14

The Divine ways but partially revealed. Bildad had given Job no comfort. And Job at first (verses 1-3) retorts upon him a reproof for his unhelpful words. He then bursts into an impressive representation of the wonderful works of God to whom Bildad had referred. The works of God in the heavens, the earth, and the deep sea are great and manifold; so are his works amongst the creatures of his power, of whom the serpent alone is mentioned. But the hidden hand of God Job confesses, and the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 26:7

He streteheth out the north over the empty place . Over what was "empty space" or "chaos" ( תּהוּ ) God stretches out "the north"—a portion of his orderly creation—perhaps the northern portion of the heavens, where are the grandest constellations visible to the inhabitants of the world's northern half. And hangeth the earth upon nothing . "Takes," i.e; "the huge ball of the earth, and suspends it in vacancy, with nothing to support it but his own fixed will, his own firm laws."... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 26:8

He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds ; i.e. he makes the clouds, that we see floating in the atmosphere, contain and hold the waters on which the productiveness of the earth depends, and which he restrains, or allows to fall in fertilizing rain, at his pleasure. And the cloud is not rent under them . The metaphor is, no doubt, drawn from those water-skins, so well known in the East, and especially in Arabia, in which men stored the water for their journeys and other needs, which... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 26:8

Clouds. As we proceed through the poem we cannot but be struck with the wonderful wealth of its nature-imagery, which continues to open out with ever-increasing luxuriance till it reaches its fulness in the burst of splendour that accompanies the final theophany. Each aspect of nature touched by the poet has its special lessons. Now he calls us to look at the gorgeous pageantry of the clouds. Here truths of Divine order and government are displayed before our eyes. I. CLOUDS ARE OF ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 26:9

He holdeth back the face of his throne ; rather, he covereth up. He makes the clouds to gather in the vault of heaven, above which is his throne, and in this way conceals it and covers it up. And spreadeth his cloud upon it; or, over it, so blotting it out from sight. Behind the more obvious meaning lies one which is deeper and more spiritual. God withdraws himself from sight, gathers clouds and darkness around him to be the habitation of his seat, hides from men the principles of his... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 26:10

He hath compassed the waters with bounds . God restrains within limits alike the "waters that are above the firmament" and those that are beneath it ( Job 38:11 ). The boundary.is placed, somewhat vaguely, "at the confines of light and darkness." Until the day and night come to an end is a mistranslation. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 26:11

The pillars of heaven tremble . The "pillars of heaven" are the mountains, on which the sky seems to rest. These "tremble," or seem to tremble, at the presence of God ( Psalms 18:7 ; Psalms 114:4 ; Isaiah 5:25 ) when he visits the earth in storm and tempest, either because the whole atmosphere is full of disturbance, and the outline of the mountains shifts and changes as rain and storm sweep over them, or because the reverberations of the thunder, which shake the air, seem to shake the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 26:12

He divideth the sea with his power . "Divideth" is certainly a wrong translation. The verb used ( ־ָגַע ) means either "stirreth up" or "stilleth." In favour of the former rendering are Rosenmuller, Schultens, Delitzsch, Merx, and Canon Cook; in favour of the latter, the LXX ; Dillmann, and Dr. Stanley Leathes. In either case the general sentiment is that God has full mastery over the sea, and can regulate its movements at his pleasure. And by his understanding he smiteth through the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 26:13

By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens ; or, by his spirit the heavens are brightness ; i.e. at a breath from his mouth the heavens, lately all cloud and storm ( Job 26:8-11 ), recover their serenity, are calm and clear and bright. Our experience says, "After a storm comes a calm." Job notes that both alike are from God. His hand hath formed the crooked serpent ; rather, his hand hath pierced the swift serpent (see the Revised Version). The reference is probably to "the war in... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 26:5-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 26:6-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 26:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 26:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 26:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 26:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 26:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 26:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 26:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 26:13

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