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37:9 A tempest <05492> blows out <0935> from <04480> its chamber <02315>, icy <04215> cold <07135> from the driving winds. 37:10 The breath <05397> of God <0410> produces <05414> ice <07140>, and the breadth <07341> of the waters <04325> freeze solid <04164>. 37:11 He loads <02959> the clouds <05645> with moisture <07377>; he scatters <06327> his lightning <0216> through the clouds <06051>. 37:12 The clouds go round <02015> in circles, wheeling about <04524> according to his plans <08458>, to carry out <06467> all <03605> that <0834> he commands <06680> them over <05921> the face <06440> of the whole inhabited world <0776> <08398>. 37:13 Whether <0518> it is for punishment <07626> for his land <0776>, or <0518> whether <0518> it is for mercy <02617>, he causes it to find <04672> its mark. 37:14 “Pay attention <0238> to this <02063>, Job <0347>! Stand <05975> still and consider <0995> the wonders <06381> God <0410> works <06381>. 37:15 Do you know <03045> how God <0433> commands them, how he makes <07760> lightning <0216> flash <03313> in <05921> his storm cloud <06051>? 37:16 Do you know <03045> about <05921> the balancing <04657> of the clouds <05645>, that wondrous activity <04652> of him who is perfect <08549> in knowledge <01843>? 37:17 You, whose <0834> garments <0899> are hot <02525> when the earth <0776> is still <08252> because of the south <01864> wind, 37:18 will you, with <05973> him, spread out <07554> the clouds <07834>, solid <02389> as a mirror <07209> of molten <03332> metal? 37:19 Tell <03045> us what <04100> we should say <0559> to him. We cannot <03808> prepare <06186> a case because <06440> of the darkness <02822>. 37:20 Should he be informed <05608> that <03588> I want to speak <01696>? If <0518> a man <0376> speaks <0559>, surely <03588> he would be swallowed <01104> up! 37:21 But now <06258>, the sun <0216> cannot <03808> be looked <07200> at– it <01931> is bright <0925> in the skies <07834>– after a wind <07307> passed <05674> and swept <02891> the clouds away <02891>. 37:22 From the north <06828> he comes <0857> in golden splendor <02091>; around <05921> God <0433> is awesome <03372> majesty <01935>. 37:23 As for the Almighty <07706>, we cannot <03808> attain <04672> to him! He is great <07689> in power <03581>, but justice <04941> and abundant <07230> righteousness <06666> he does not <03808> oppress <06031>. 37:24 Therefore <03651> people <0582> fear <03372> him, for he does not <03808> regard <07200> all <03605> the wise <02450> in heart <03820>.”

• Job 36:26--37:24 -- The Work and Wisdom of God

• Elihu

  [nave] ELIHU 1. A Buzite and one of Job's three friends, Job 32-37. 2. Son of Tohu, 1 Sam. 1:1. Probably identical with Eliel, 1 Chr. 6:34, and Eliab, 1 Chr. 6:27. 3. A Manassite warrior, who joined David at Ziklag, 1 Chr. 12:20...
  

• God

  [nave] GOD. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Access to; Compassion of; Creator; Creator of Mankind; Eternity of; Faithfulness of; Fatherhood of; Favor of; Foreknowledge of; Glory of; Goodness of...
  

• Job

  [nave] JOB 1. A man who dwelt in Uz, Job 1:1. Righteousness of, Job 1:1, 5, 8; 2:3; Ezek. 14:14, 20. Riches of, Job 1:3. Trial of, by affliction of Satan, Job 1:13-19; 2:7-10. Fortitude of, Job 1:20-22; 2:10; Jas. 5:11. Visite...
  

• Philosophy

  [nave] PHILOSOPHY The nature of things, Eccl. 1-7. A philosophical inquiry on wisdom, Job. 28. Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence, Job 5:8-20; 9; 10:2-21; 12:6-24; 33:12-30; 37. Reveals th...
  

• Religion

  [nave] RELIGION. False Deut. 32:31-33. See: Idolatry; Intolerance; Teachers, False. Family See: Family. National Supported by taxes, Ex. 30:11-16; 38:26. Priests supported by the State, 1 Kin. 18:19; 2 Chr. 11:13-15. Subve...
  

• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena

  [nave] METEOROLOGY AND CELESTIAL PHENOMENA. Gen. 2:5, 6; Gen. 27:39; Job 9:7; Job 26:7, 8, 11; Job 27:20, 21; Job 28:24-27; Job 29:19; Job 36:27-33; Job 37:6-22; Job 38:9 [with vs. 8-11.] Job 38:22, 24-29, 31-35, 37; Psa. 18:8-15;...
  

• Blessing

  [nave] BLESSING For blessing before eating, See: Prayer, Thanksgiving Before Taking Food. See also Benedictions. Responsive Blessings of the Law Deut. 28:1-14 For the responsive Curses of the law, See: Curse. Divine, Contingent...
  

• Ignorance

  [nave] IGNORANCE. Job 8:9; Job 11:7, 8, 12; Job 28:12, 13, 20, 21; Job 36:26, 29; Job 37:5, 15, 16, 19, 23 Job 38; 39. Psa. 139:6; Prov. 7:6-23; Prov. 8:5; Prov. 9:14-18; Prov. 19:2; Prov. 20:24; Prov. 22:3 Prov. 27:12. Prov. 27:1...
  

• Weather

  [isbe] WEATHER - weth'-er (zahabh (Job 37:22), yom (Prov 25:20), translated "day"; eudia, "clear sky," cheimon, "tempest"): In the East it is not customary to talk of the weather as in the West. There seems to be no word in the Heb...
  [nave] WEATHER Signs of, Matt. 16:2, 3. Sayings concerning, Job 37:9, 17, 22. See: Meteorology.
  

• Wind

  [isbe] WIND - wind (anemos: 1. Causes: Unequal distribution of heat in the atmosphere causes currents of air or wind. The heated air rises and the air from around rushes in. The direction from which a current comes determines its n...
  [nave] WIND, blasting, 2 Kin. 19:7, 35. East: Hot and blasting in Egypt, Gen. 41:6; in the valley of the Euphrates, Ezek. 19:12; in Canaan, Hos. 13:15; Luke 12:55; at Nineveh, Jonah 4:8; tempestuous in Uz, Job 27:21. West: Took aw...
  

• WORLD, COSMOLOGICAL

  [isbe] WORLD, COSMOLOGICAL - wurld, koz-mo-loj'-i-kal: 1. Terms and General Meaning 2. Hebrew Idea of the World 3. Its Extent 4. Origin of the World--Biblical and Contrasted Views 5. The Cosmogony of Genesis 1--Comparison with Baby...
  

• Mirror

  [smith] (Exodus 38:8; Job 37:18) The Hebrew women on coming out of Egypt probably brought with them mirrors like those which were used by the Egyptians, and were made of a mixed metal, chiefly copper, wrought with admirable skill, an...
  [nave] MIRROR Of bronze, Job 37:18. Given by the Israelite women to be melted for the bowls, Ex. 38:8. Figurative 1 Cor. 13:12; 2 Cor. 3:18; Jas. 1:23, 24.
  

• SOUTH

  [ebd] Heb. Negeb, that arid district to the south of Palestine through which lay the caravan route from Central Palestine to Egypt (Gen. 12:9; 13:1, 3; 46:1-6). "The Negeb comprised a considerable but irregularly-shaped tract of c...
  [isbe] SOUTH - south: (1) neghebh, according BDB from [?] naghabh, meaning "to be dry," the word most often used, in the Revised Version (British and American) capitalized (South) in those places where it seems to denote a particul...
  

• WINDS

  [ebd] blowing from the four quarters of heaven (Jer. 49:36; Ezek. 37:9; Dan. 8:8; Zech. 2:6). The east wind was parching (Ezek. 17:10; 19:12), and is sometimes mentioned as simply denoting a strong wind (Job 27:21; Isa. 27:8). Thi...
  [smith] That the Hebrews recognized the existence of four prevailing winds as issuing, broadly speaking, from the four cardinal points, north, south, east and west, may be inferred from their custom of using the expression "four wind...
  

• FROST

  [ebd] (Heb. kerah, from its smoothness) Job 37:10 (R.V., "ice"); Gen. 31:40; Jer. 36:30; rendered "ice" in Job 6:16, 38:29; and "crystal" in Ezek. 1:22. "At the present day frost is entirely unknown in the lower portions of the va...
  [isbe] FROST - frost (kephor, "hoar-frost," Ex 16:14; Job 38:29; chanamal, perhaps "the aphis," Ps 78:47; qerach, "cold," Gen 31:40; Job 37:10 the King James Version; Jer 36:30): 1. Formation: A temperature of freezing or lower is ...
  

• Whirlwind

  [isbe] WHIRLWIND - hwurl'-wind (cuphah (Prov 1:27; 10:25; Isa 5:28; 17:13; 66:15; Hos 8:7; Am 1:14; Nab 1:3), ca`ar (Hab 3:14; Zec 7:14; Hos 13:3; Ps 58:9; Dan 11:40), ce`arah (2 Ki 2:1; Job 38:1; 40:6; Isa 40:24; 41:16; Zec 9:14))...
  [nave] WHIRLWIND Destructive, Prov. 1:27. From the south in the land of Uz, Job 37:9; in the valley of the Euphrates, Isa. 21:1; in the land of Canaan, Zech. 9:14. From the north, Ezek. 1:4. Elijah translated in, 2 Kin. 2:1, 11....
  

• Heaven

  [ebd] (1.) Definitions. The phrase "heaven and earth" is used to indicate the whole universe (Gen. 1:1; Jer. 23:24; Acts 17:24). According to the Jewish notion there were three heavens, (a) The firmament, as "fowls of the heaven" ...
  [nave] HEAVEN. God's Dwelling Place Deut. 26:15 Zech. 2:13; Isa. 63:15. 1 Kin. 8:30 vs. 39,43,49;; 2 Chr. 6:18, 21, 27, 30, 33, 35, 39; Jer. 23:24. 1 Chr. 16:31; 1 Chr. 21:26 2 Chr. 7:14; Neh. 9:27. 2 Chr. 2:6; 2 Chr. 30:27; Job ...
  

• SKY

  [isbe] SKY - ski (shachaq, "fine dust" or "cloud," apparently from [?] shachaq, "to rub," "to pulverize"; Samaritan: shechaqayyah instead of Hebrew shamayim; sachq = "cloud," "small dust"): 1. In the Old Testament: The Revised Vers...
  

• ASTRONOMY, II

  [isbe] ASTRONOMY, II - II. The Constellations. The principal achievement of the science of astronomy in the centuries during which the books of the Old Testament were written was the arrangement and naming of the constellations, an...
  

• ASTRONOMY, III

  [isbe] ASTRONOMY, III - III. Physiography. 1. The Circle of the Earth: It has generally been assumed that the Hebrews considered the earth to be a vast circular plain, arched over by a solid vault--"the firmament"--above which were...
  

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