Advanced Commentary

(ex.: John 3:14-18)

Table of Contents Bible Dictionary
Arts
Questions
Resources/Books

Context
37:1 At this <02063> also <0637> my heart <03820> pounds <02729> and leaps <05425> from its place <04725>. 37:2 Listen carefully <08085> <08085> to the thunder <07267> of his voice <06963>, to the rumbling <01899> that proceeds <03318> from his mouth <06310>. 37:3 Under <08478> the whole <03605> heaven <08064> he lets it go <03474>, even his lightning <0216> to <05921> the far corners <03671> of the earth <0776>. 37:4 After <0310> that a voice <06963> roars <07580>; he thunders <07481> with an exalted <01347> voice <06963>, and he does not <03808> hold back <06117> his lightning bolts when his voice <06963> is heard <08085>. 37:5 God <0410> thunders <07481> with his voice <06963> in marvelous <06381> ways; he does <06213> great <01419> things beyond <03808> our understanding <03045>. 37:6 For <03588> to the snow <07950> he says <0559>, ‘Fall <01933> to earth <0776>,’ and to the torrential rains <04306> <01653> <04306> <01653>, ‘Pour down <05797>.’ 37:7 He causes <03027> everyone <0120> <03605> to stop working <02856>, so that all <03605> people <0376> may know <03045> his work <04639>. 37:8 The wild animals <02416> go <0935> to their lairs <0695>, and in <01119> their dens <04585> they remain <07931>. 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>.

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

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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;...
  

• THUNDER

  [ebd] often referred to in Scripture (Job 40:9; Ps. 77:18; 104:7). James and John were called by our Lord "sons of thunder" (Mark 3:17). In Job 39:19, instead of "thunder," as in the Authorized Version, the Revised Version transla...
  [isbe] THUNDER - thun'-der (ra`am (1 Sam 2:10; Job 26:14; 39:19; 40:9; Ps 77:18; 81:7; 104:7; Isa 29:6), qol, "a voice" (Ex 9:23; 1 Sam 7:10; 12:17; Job 28:26; 38:25)): Thunder is the noise resulting from the lightning discharge. I...
  [smith] is hardly ever heard in Palestine form the middle of April to the middle of September; hence it was selected by Samuel as a striking expression of the divine displeasure toward the Israelites. (1 Samuel 12:17) Rain in harv...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• Lightning

  [ebd] frequently referred to by the sacred writers (Nah. 1:3-6). Thunder and lightning are spoken of as tokens of God's wrath (2 Sam. 22:15; Job 28:26; 37:4; Ps. 135:7; 144:6; Zech. 9:14). They represent God's glorious and awful m...
  [isbe] LIGHTNING - lit'-ning (baraq, chaziz; astrape): Lightning is caused by the discharge of electricity between clouds or between clouds and the earth. In a thunder-storm there is a rapid gathering of particles of moisture into ...
  [nave] LIGHTNING, Job 28:26; 37:3; 38:25, 35; Psa. 18:14; 77:18; 78:48; 97:4; 135:7; 144:6; Jer. 10:13; 51:16; Ezek. 1:13, 14; Dan. 10:6; Nah. 2:4; Zech. 9:14; 10:1; Matt. 24:27; 28:3; Luke 10:18; Rev. 4:5; 8:5; 11:19; 16:18.
  

• 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...
  

• 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.
  

• 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....
  

• DEN

  [ebd] a lair of wild beasts (Ps. 10:9; 104:22; Job 37:8); the hole of a venomous reptile (Isa. 11:8); a recess for secrecy "in dens and caves of the earth" (Heb. 11:38); a resort of thieves (Matt. 21:13; Mark 11:17). Daniel was ca...
  [isbe] DEN - (ma`on, me`onah, "habitation"; me`arah, and spelaion, "cave"; me'urah (Isa 11:8), "a light-hole," from 'or, "light," perhaps for me`arah; cokh (Ps 10:9 the King James Version), and cukkah (Job 38:40), "a covert," elsew...
  

• Weather

  [nave] WEATHER Signs of, Matt. 16:2, 3. Sayings concerning, Job 37:9, 17, 22. See: Meteorology.
  

• 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 ...
  

• 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...
  

• Snow

  [isbe] SNOW - sno (shelegh, telagh (Dan 7:9); chion): (1) Snow is not uncommon in the winter in Jerusalem, but it never reaches any depth and in many winters it is not seen at all. It usually disappears, for the most part, as soon ...
  [nave] SNOW In Palestine, 2 Sam. 23:20. In Uz, Job 6:16; 9:30; 37:6. On mount Lebanon, Jer. 18:14. Figurative Of purity, Psa. 51:7; Isa. 1:18; Lam. 4:7.
  

Back to Commentary Page