Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.Light — The lightning; fitly God's light, because God only can light it.It — Upon the cloud, which is in a manner the candlestick in which God sets up this light.The sea — The lightning spreads far and wide over all the parts of the sea, and pierceth deep, reaching even to the bottom of it. read more
For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.Judgeth — By thunder and lightning, and rain from the clouds, he executes his judgments against ungodly people.Meat — Giveth meat. By the same clouds, he provides plentiful showers dropping fatness on the earth. read more
With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.Clouds — With thick and black clouds spread over the whole heavens.Light — The sun.The cloud — Which God interposes as a veil between the sun and earth. read more
The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour. The noise — The thunder gives notice of the approaching rain.Also — And as the thunder, so also the cattle sheweth, concerning the vapour, concerning the coming of the rain, by a strange instinct, seeking for shelter, when a change of weather is near. read more
ELIHU’S FOURTH AND LAST DISCOURSE, chapters 36, 37. 1. Elihu also proceeded Elihu has thus far made the same number of addresses as each of the three friends, with the exception of Zophar. Jewish commentators have remarked that he might properly have stopped here, but the penitent silence of Job encourages him to proceed. Thus far his object has been to correct several errors and misapprehensions into which Job had fallen; he now proposes to take a more specific view of the object of... read more
First Division THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD IN THE MORAL WORLD, CHIEFLY AS MADE KNOWN THROUGH THE ECONOMY OF SUFFERING, Job 36:2-21. Introduction Elihu has yet much more to say in vindication of the ways of God, Job 36:2-4. The three preceding speeches were introduced by ויען , “and he answered,” the present speech, with ויס , “and he added,” showing that Elihu intends it as a resumption and continuation of the main argument of his other speeches. 3. From afar From out the wide domain of the... read more
4. Perfect in knowledge Literally, knowledges. In the theodicy which he proposes to Job he claims faultlessness and clearness of perception. (Delitzsch.) The use of the same phrase in Job 37:16, of Deity, leads some to ascribe this attributive here also to God. read more
α . THE SUBJECT CONSIDERED ABSTRACTLY, Job 36:5-15. Strophe a Elihu proceeds to lay down some general principles involved in the distribution of the allotments of men; first, denying that God is the promoter of the interests of the wicked; on the contrary, he has committed himself to the final and eternal promotion of the righteous, Job 36:5-7. 5. Despiseth not any The small and the great are alike to God. He despises not the cause of the lowliest; they also are the work of his hand.... read more
6. He preserveth not the life In allusion to Job’s question, (Job 21:7.) “Wherefore do the wicked live?” See also Job 24:22, with note. The verb יחיה will admit the reading of Gesenius and Furst: “He prospereth not the wicked.” It is not because of their wickedness that prosperity attends their ways. The economy that God has established tends to the overthrow of evil doers no less than to the exaltation of the righteous, a thought Elihu in the next verse proceeds to expand. read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Job 36:29
Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?Understand — Whence it comes to pass, that a small cloud, no bigger than a man's hand, suddenly spreads over the whole heavens: how the clouds come to be suddenly gathered, and so condensed as to bring forth thunder and lightning.Noise — The thunder produced in the clouds, which are often called God's tent or tabernacle. read more