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Job 38:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

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1-3: God challenges Job to answer.

4-30: God, by his mighty works, convinces Job of ignorance,

31-41: and of imbecility.

Job 37:1‑2,9,14• ¹Aye, my heart trembleth at this also, and leapeth up out of its place:
²Hear attentively the roar of his voice, and the murmur going forth from his mouth.
⁹From the chamber of the south cometh the whirlwind; and cold from the winds of the north.
¹⁴Hearken unto this, Job; stand still and discern the wondrous works of *God. (Job 37:1‑2,9,14)

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Ex. 19:16‑19• ¹⁶And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings and a heavy cloud on the mountain, and the sound of the trumpet exceeding loud; and the whole people that was in the camp trembled.
¹⁷And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
¹⁸And the whole of mount Sinai smoked, because Jehovah descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended as the smoke of a furnace; and the whole mountain shook greatly.
¹⁹And the sound of the trumpet increased and became exceeding loud; Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice. (Ex. 19:16‑19)

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Deut. 4:11‑12• ¹¹And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and obscurity.
¹²And Jehovah spoke to you from the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but ye saw no form; only ye heard a voice. (Deut. 4:11‑12)

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Deut. 5:22‑24• ²²These words Jehovah spoke to all your congregation on the mountain from the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the obscurity, with a great voice, and he added no more; and he wrote them on two tables of stone, and gave them to me.
²³And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, and the mountain burned with fire, that ye came near to me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
²⁴and ye said, Behold, Jehovah our God has shewn us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice from the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God talks with man, and he lives. (Deut. 5:22‑24)

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1 Kings 19:11• ¹¹And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before Jehovah. And behold, Jehovah passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before Jehovah: Jehovah was not in the wind. And after the wind, an earthquake: Jehovah was not in the earthquake. (1 Kings 19:11)

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2 Kings 2:1,11• ¹And it came to pass when Jehovah would take up Elijah into the heavens by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
¹¹And it came to pass as they went on, and talked, that behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire; and they parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into the heavens. (2 Kings 2:1,11)

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Ezek. 1:4• ⁴And I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the look of glowing brass, out of the midst of the fire. (Ezek. 1:4)

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Nah. 1:3• ³Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and doth not at all clear the guilty: Jehovah,--his way is in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. (Nah. 1:3)

• {Ch. 38-42:6} Jehovah’s testimony from Creation, testing Job and bringing him into the dust. (“Job 38-42:6” by S. Ridout)

• This testimony of Jehovah may be divided into two main parts, marked by Job’s response to each. The attributes of God seen in the universe (chaps. 38-40:5). His control over His creatures (chaps. 40:6-41:34). (“Job 38-42:6” by S. Ridout)

• The effect upon Job is seen in his two answers: he abases himself and lays his hand upon his mouth, in the first reply. In the second, he makes full confession of his sinful pride, and abhors himself, thus preparing the way for the outward recovery and restoration to prosperity. (“Job 38-42:6” by S. Ridout)

• God’s call to Job (ch. 38:1-3). (“Job 38-42:6” by S. Ridout)

• Elihu had begun his address in all deference and quietness; he had carried forward his arguments in a masterly way, convincing both to intellect and conscience, which, from the silence of Job when repeatedly invited to reply, we may judge did not fail of their purpose. As he proceeds Elihu passes from the didactic style into the descriptive, setting forth the wisdom and greatness of God as seen in His great creation. So vivid do the descriptions of the storm become that we are constrained to think of it as actually impending—the lightnings flash, and the terrific thunder-peals fill him with dread, while the trembling herds show their fear. A golden glow is seen sweeping down in the dark storm-clouds from the north. In a few words of awed reminder to Job of the goodness as well as the majesty of God, Elihu closes his address, and Jehovah, out of the whirlwind just described utters His awful voice. (“Job 38-42:6” by S. Ridout)

• So the voice that came to Job out of the whirlwind brought him into the presence of One of whose character he had until now been greatly ignorant. He had spoken many excellent things about God, but His actual presence had never before been known. This, it will be found, furnishes the key to the amazing change wrought in Job. (“Job 38-42:6” by S. Ridout)

• As Elihu had addressed Job throughout, so Jehovah follows up the words of His servant. “My desire is that the Almighty would answer me,” was Job’s closing word (ch. 31:35). He is now to have his wish granted; but how different the effect! “As a prince would I go near unto Him” (ver. 37), he had declared. “I am vile” is what he has to say when he hears His voice. (“Job 38-42:6” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,