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Job 38

Job 38:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
answered
`anah (Hebrew #6030)
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extens. to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
KJV usage: give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, X scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also 1042, 1043.
Pronounce: aw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
Job
'Iyowb (Hebrew #347)
hated (i.e. persecuted); Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience
KJV usage: Job.
Pronounce: ee-yobe'
Origin: from 340
out of the whirlwind
ca`ar (Hebrew #5591)
from 5590; a hurricane
KJV usage: storm(-y), tempest, whirlwind.
Pronounce: sah'-ar
Origin: or (feminine) ctarah {seh-aw-raw'}
, and said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
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Ministry on This Verse

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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• 1Yea, at this my heart trembleth,{HR}And it standeth up from out of its place.
 2Hear, O hear, the roar of his voice,{HR}And the rumbling that goeth forth out of his mouth.
 9Out of its chamber cometh the hurricane,{HR}And cold out of scatterings.
 14Hear this, O Job; stand and consider the wonders of God. (Job 37:1‑2,9,14)
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Ex. 19:16‑19• 16{i}And 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.{/i}
 17{i}And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the foot of the mountain.{/i}
 18{i}And 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.{/i}
 19{i}And the sound of the trumpet increased and became exceeding loud; Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice.{/i} (Ex. 19:16‑19)
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Deut. 4:11‑12• 11Ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire in the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
 12And Jehovah 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 Jehovah spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
 23{i}And 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;{/i}
 24{i}and ye said, Behold, Jehovah our God has shown 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.{/i} (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 brake in pieces the rocks before Jehovah; but Jehovah was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but 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 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 enfolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, 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 will not at all acquit [the wicked]: Jehovah 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,

W. Kelly Translation

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And Jehovah answered Job out of the storm and said,