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Text -- Job 38:1-9 (NET)
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Context
VI. The Divine Speeches (38:1-42:6)
The Lord’s First SpeechGod’s questions to Job
38:4 “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth ? Tell me, if you possess understanding !
38:5 Who set its measurements – if you know – or who stretched a measuring line across it?
38:6 On what were its bases set , or who laid its cornerstone –
38:7 when the morning stars sang in chorus , and all the sons of God shouted for joy ?
38:8 “Who shut up the sea with doors when it burst forth , coming out of the womb ,
38:9 when I made the storm clouds its garment , and thick darkness its swaddling band ,
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Euthanasia |
Condescension of God |
God |
Ignorance |
Readings, Select |
Job |
JOB, BOOK OF |
Blessing |
BARUCH, BOOK OF |
Land, Land Masses |
Angel |
Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena |
Whirlwind |
Mankind |
Corner |
House |
Son of God |
Praise |
Swaddle |
Words |
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NET Notes: Job 38:1 This is not the storm described by Elihu – in fact, the Lord ignores Elihu. The storm is a common accompaniment for a theophany (see Ezek 1:4; N...
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NET Notes: Job 38:2 The referent of “counsel” here is not the debate between Job and the friends, but the purposes of God (see Ps 33:10; Prov 19:21; Isa 19:17...
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NET Notes: Job 38:3 Heb “Gird up your loins.” This idiom basically describes taking the hem of the long garment or robe and pulling it up between the legs and...
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NET Notes: Job 38:5 The particle כּ (ki) is taken here for a conditional clause, “if you know” (see GKC 498 §159.dd). Others take it as ̶...
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NET Notes: Job 38:6 The world was conceived of as having bases and pillars, but these poetic descriptions should not be pressed too far (e.g., see Ps 24:2, which may be w...
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NET Notes: Job 38:8 The line uses two expressions, first the temporal clause with גִּיחַ (giakh, “when it burst forth”) an...
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