約伯記 37:6-10 CUNPTS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 37:6-13

The changes and extremities of the weather, wet or dry, hot or cold, are the subject of a great deal of our common talk and observation; but how seldom do we think and speak of these things, as Elihu does here, with an awful regard to God the director of them, who shows his power and serves the purposes of his providence by them! We must take notice of the glory of God, not only in the thunder and lightning, but in the more common revolutions of the weather, which are not so terrible and which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 37:6

For he saith to the snow, be thou on the earth ,.... In the original it is, be thou earth: hence one of the Rabbins formed a notion, that the earth was created from snow under the throne of glory, which is justly censured by Maimonides F6 Moreh Nevochim, par. 2. c. 26. ; for there is a defect of the letter ב , as in 2 Chronicles 34:30 ; as Aben Ezra observes; and therefore rightly supplied by us, on the earth. This is one of the great and incomprehensible things of God. What is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 37:7

He sealeth up the hand of every man ,.... That is, by deep snows and heavy rains being on the earth; where, as travellers are stopped in their journeys, and cannot proceed, so various artificers are hindered from their work, and husbandmen especially from their employment in the fields; so that their hands are as it were shut up and sealed, that they cannot work with them. Sephorno interprets this of the fruits and increase of the earth being produced and brought to perfection by means of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 37:8

Then the beasts go into dens ,.... When snow and rains are on the earth in great abundance, then the wild beasts of the field, not being able to prowl about, betake themselves to dens; where they lie in wait, lurking for any prey that may pass by, from whence they spring and seize it; and remain in their places ; until the snow and rains are finished. As for other beasts, Olaus Magnus F13 Ut supra. (De Ritu Gent. Septentr. l. 19. c. 15.) observes, that when such large snows fall,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 37:9

Out of the south cometh the whirlwind ,.... Or "from the chamber" F14 מן החדר "de penetali", Montanus; so Junius and Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Schultens. ; from the chamber of the cloud, as Ben Gersom, from the inside of it; or from the treasury of God, who bringeth the wind out of his treasures; alluding to chambers where treasures are kept; or from the heavens, shut up and veiled around with clouds like a pavilion: but because we read of the chambers of the south, Job 9:9 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 37:10

By the breath of God frost is given ,.... By the word of God, as the Targum; at his command it is, at his word it comes, and at his word it goes, Psalm 147:15 ; or by his will, as Ben Gersom interprets it, when it is his pleasure it should be, it appears; it may be understood of a freezing wind from the Lord, for a wind is sometimes expressed by the breath of his nostrils, Psalm 18:15 ; and as the word "God" added to things increases the signification of them, as mountains of God are... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 37:6

For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth - Snow is generally defined, "A well-known meteor, formed by the freezing of the vapours in the atmosphere." We may consider the formation of snow thus: - A cloud of vapours being condensed into drops, these drops, becoming too heavy to be suspended in the atmosphere, descend; and, meeting with a cold region of the air, they are frozen, each drop shooting into several points. These still continuing their descent, and meeting with some... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 37:7

He sealeth up the hand of every man - After all that has been said, and much of it most learnedly, on this verse, I think that the act of freezing is probably intended; that when the earth is bound up by intense frost, the hand, יד yad , labor, of every man is sealed up; he can do no more labor in the field, till the south wind blow, by which a thaw takes place. While the earth is in this state of rigidity, the beasts go into their dens, and remain in their places, Job 37:8 , some of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 37:9

Out of the south cometh the whirlwind - See the note on Job 9:9 . What is rendered south here, is there rendered chambers. Mr. Good translates here, the utmost zone. The Chaldee: - "From the supreme chamber the commotion shall come; and from the cataracts of Arcturus the cold." What the whirlwind, סופה suphah , is, we know not. It might have been a wind peculiar to that district; and it is very possible that it was a scorching wind, something like the simoom. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 37:10

By the breath of God frost is given - The freezing of water, though it is generally allowed to be the effect of cold, and has been carefully examined by the most eminent philosophers, is still involved in much mystery; and is a very proper subject to be produced among the great things which God doeth, and which we cannot comprehend, Job 37:5 . Water, when frozen, becomes solid, and increases considerably in bulk. The expansive power in freezing is so great, that, if water be confined in a... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 37:6-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 37:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 37:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 37:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 37:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 37:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 37:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 37:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 37:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 37:10

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