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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• ¹At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.
²Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.
⁹Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
¹⁴Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider 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 in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
¹⁷And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
¹⁸And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
¹⁹And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, 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 unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
¹²And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice. (Deut. 4:11‑12)

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Deut. 5:22‑24• ²²These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
²³And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
²⁴And ye said, Behold, the Lord our God hath showed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth. (Deut. 5:22‑24)

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

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

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Ezek. 1:4• ⁴And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind 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 color of amber, out of the midst of the fire. (Ezek. 1:4)

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Nah. 1:3• ³The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way 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,