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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

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• TERRIBLE, TERROR

  [isbe] TERRIBLE, TERROR - ter'-i-b'l, ter'-er (yare', "to be feared," "reverenced," arits, "powerful," "tyrannical," 'ayom, "aweinspiring," chittith "terror," ballahah, "a worn-out or wasted thing," 'emah, "fright"; phoberos, "drea...
  

• SUN

  [smith] In the history of "greater light," of the creation the sun is described as "greater light," in contradistinction to the moon, the "lesser light," in conjunction with which it was to serve "for signs and for seasons, and for d...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• RAINFALL IN JERUSALEM IN INCHES

  [isbe] RAINFALL IN JERUSALEM IN INCHES - Year Amount 1861 27.30" 1862 21.86" 1863 26.54" 1864 15.51" 1865 18.19" 1866 18.55" 1867 29.42" 1868 29.10" 1869 18.61" 1870 13.19" 1871 23.17" 1872 22.26" 1873 22.72" 1874 29.75" 1875 27.01...
  

• 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...
  

• ORDER

  [isbe] ORDER - or'-der (`arakh, "to arrange"; tassein (> diatassein, taxis, tagma)): "Order" in Biblical phrases may indicate (1) arrangement in rows, (2) sequence in time, (3) classification and organization, (4) likeness or manne...
  

• 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;...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• HOW

  [isbe] HOW - Represents various Hebrew and Greek words, interrogative, interjectional and relative. Its different uses refer to (1) the manner or way, e.g. Gen 44:34, "How shall I go up to my father?" ('ekh); Mt 6:28, "how they gro...
  

• 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...
  

• Gizonite

  [ebd] a name given to Hashem, an inhabitant of Gizoh, a place somewhere in the mountains of Judah (1 Chr. 11:34; 2 Sam. 23:32, 34).
  

• 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...
  

• CLOUD

  [isbe] CLOUD - kloud (`anan, `abh; nephele, nephos): I. Clouds in Palestine. In the Bible few references are found of particular clouds or of clouds in connection with the phenomena of the weather conditions. The weather in Palesti...
  

• 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...
  

• BALANCINGS

  [isbe] BALANCINGS - bal'-ans-ins: "The balancings of the clouds" (Job 37:16), the manner in which they are poised and supported in the air, alike with their mysterious spreadings and motions, challenge the strongest intellect to ex...
  

• 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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