In this chapter the Lord takes up the controversy with Job; calls upon him to prepare to engage with him in it, and demands an answer to posing questions he puts to him, concerning the earth and the fabric of it
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Job 38
Job 38 — Overview
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Job 38 — OverviewJob 38 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn most disputes the strife is who shall have the last word. Job's
friends had, in this controversy, tamely yielded it to Job, and then he
to Elihu. But, after all the wranglings of the counsel at bar, the…Job 38 — OverviewJob 38 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJob 38:1, God challenges Job to answer; Job 38:4, God, by his mighty works, convinces Job of ignorance, Job 38:31, and of imbecility.Job 38:1-3Job 38:1-3 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleLet us observe here, 1. Who speaks--The Lord, Jehovah, not a created
angel, but the eternal Word himself, the second person in the blessed
Trinity, for it is he by whom the worlds were made, and that was no…Job 38:1Job 38:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThen the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind. It is remarked, with reason, that the special mention of Job as the person answered "implies that another speaker had intervened" (Wordsworth); while the attachment of…Job 38:1Job 38:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryJob 42:6
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At length, in answer to the repeated appeals of Job, the Almighty appears, not to crush and overwhelm, as fear had often suggested, but to reason with his servant; to appeal to his…Job 38:1Job 38:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryA theophany.
At length Job has his wish. He has been longing to meet with God and praying for God to reveal himself. The time has now come for God to hear his prayer and make his will known. This is far more important…