욥기 38:16-18 KRV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 38:12-24

The Lord here proceeds to ask Job many puzzling questions, to convince him of his ignorance, and so to shame him for his folly in prescribing to God. If we will but try ourselves with such interrogatories as these, we shall soon be brought to own that what we know is nothing in comparison with what we know not. Job is here challenged to give an account of six things:? I. Of the springs of the morning, the day-spring from on high, Job 38:12-15. As there is no visible being of which we may be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 38:16

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea ?.... The subterraneous passages through which the waters flow into the sea and supply it; or the springs and fountains that rise up at the bottom of it F9 According to Dr. Plot, the principal fountains have their origin, and are supplied with water through subterraneous passages from the sea. De Origine Fontium, &c.; apud Act. Erudit. Lips. A. M. 1685. p. 538. See Gen vii. 11. ; and some tell us of springs of sweet water that rise... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 38:17

Have the gates of death been opened unto thee ?.... Meaning not by which death has entered into the world, and which have been the causes and occasion of it; as the sin of man, the appointment of God, and various providences, calamities and diseases; but by which men enter into the state of the dead. Men know not experimentally what death is, nor in what way they shall go out of the world, nor at what time, nor in what place; they know not what the state of the dead is, there is no... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 38:18

Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth ?.... Which may be put for all the dimensions of it, length, breadth, diameter, and circumference, but especially it regards the surface of it, and the measurement of that; hast thou gone over the whole face of the earth and measured it, all its parts, its hills and dales, rocks and mountains, and took a survey of all the cities, towns and villages, woods, forests, fountains, rivers, &c;? no; if a man lived as long as Methuselah, and spent all... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 38:16

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? - Of these springs, inlets, or outlets of the sea, we know just as much as Job. There was prevalent among philosophers an opinion, that through a porous bottom fresh matter was constantly oozing by which the sea was supplied with new materials. But through such pores these materials might as well ooze out as ooze in. Walked in the search of the depth? - Hast thou walked from the shallow beach through the great ocean's bed, till thou hast... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 38:17

Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? - Dost thou know in what the article of death consists? This is as inexplicable as the question, What is animal life? The doors of the shallow of death? - צלמות tsalmaveth , the intermediate state, the openings into the place of separate spirits. Here two places are distinguished: מות maveth , death, and צלמות tsalmaveth , the shadow of death. It will not do to say, death is the privation of life, for what then would be the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 38:18

The breadth of the earth? - At that time the circumference of the globe was not known, because the earth itself was supposed to be a vast extended plain, bordered all round with the ocean and the sky. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 38:1-41

The tone of the appeal is sustained at a high pitch, and the entire passage is one of extraordinary force and eloquence. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 38:4-33

Human impotence and ignorance exposed. Job's affliction is a mystery—a mystery that needs to be revealed. Job has not given the explanation of it. He has not known it. His friends have failed. It has been attributed to his sin; but he is confident in his honest integrity, and cannot be persuaded that he is suffering punishment, for he has not a consciousness of guilt. Elihu has indicated the hidden nature of the Divine works, and has not made the mystery clearer. But he has closed the lips... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 38:16

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? The emphasis is on the word "springs," which means sources, origin, or deepest depths . Canst thou go to the bottom of anything, explore its secrets, explain its cause and origin? Or hast thou walked in the search (rather, the deep places ) of the depth? Art thou not as ignorant as other men of all these remote and secret things? Physical science is now attempting the material exploration of the ocean-depths, but "deep-sea dredgings"... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 38:12-24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 38:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 38:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 38:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 38:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 38:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 38:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 38:1-41

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 38:4-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 38:16

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