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Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Job 38:1-41

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? tell me, if you have understanding. Who has laid the measures of it, tell me if you know? or who has stretched the line upon it? Where are the foundations fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Job 38:1-41

Job 38:1 . The whirlwind. Clouds and flames are the chariots of the Lord, in deigning to speak with men. When he spake to Elijah in Horeb, it was with wind, and fire, and earthquake. Likewise in Psalms 18:11, it is said, he clothed himself with thick clouds of darkness. It belongs to him alone to clear up the clouds of his providence. Job 38:3 . Gird up now thy loins like a man, like the ancient Kibborim or giants. Oh Job, thou art ignorant of the cause of thy calamities; thou knowest... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 38:38

Job 38:38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? Ver. 38. When the dust groweth into hardness, &c. ] When the ground hath had its fill, so that the light dust is turned into lumps of earth, and that which was tossed with every wind is clodded and glued together by water into a heavy substance, Hic enim simplex est et nativus huius loci sensus, saith Merlin. Danaeus in discoursing about stones, how they are made of earth, saith that this text is a... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Job 38:38

groweth into hardness: or, is turned into mire, Heb. is poured Reciprocal: Job 37:13 - whether read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Job 38:38

When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?Mire — By reason of much rain. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 38:38

38. When the dust… hardness When dust is poured into a molten mass. The rain consolidates the dust. read more

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