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Job 38:1

Then the Lord spoke to Job from a whirlwind and said,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   God;   Whirlwind;   Scofield Reference Index - Job;   Thompson Chain Reference - Meteorology;   Whirlwind;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Whirlwinds;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - God;   Mystery;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Job;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chaos;   Job, the Book of;   Whirlwind;   Wind;   World, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Job;   Knowledge;   Nature;   Whirlwind;   World;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Text of the Old Testament;   Whirlwind;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - 'Anani, 'Inani, 'Inyani, 'Ananiel B. Sason;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind. He said:
Hebrew Names Version
Then the LORD answered Iyov out of the whirlwind,
King James Version
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
English Standard Version
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
New Century Version
Then the Lord answered Job from the storm. He said:
New English Translation
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind:
Amplified Bible
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind and said,
World English Bible
Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then answered the Lord vnto Iob out of the whirle winde, and said,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
Contemporary English Version
The Lord Speaks From out of a storm, the Lord said to Job:
Complete Jewish Bible
Then Adonai answered Iyov out of the storm:
Darby Translation
And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
George Lamsa Translation
THEN the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Good News Translation
Then out of the storm the Lord spoke to Job.
Lexham English Bible
Then Yahweh answered Job from the storm, and he said,
Literal Translation
And Jehovah answered Job out of the tempest and said:
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then spake the LORDE vnto Iob out of the storme, and sayde:
American Standard Version
Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
King James Version (1611)
Then the Lord answered Iob out of the whirlewind, and sayd,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then aunswered the Lorde vnto Iob out of the whirle winde, and saide:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And after Elius had ceased from speaking, the Lord spoke to Job through the whirlwind and clouds, saying,
English Revised Version
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe the Lord answeride fro the whirlewynd to Joob,
Update Bible Version
Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Webster's Bible Translation
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
New King James Version
Genesis 1:1-10">[xr] Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
New Living Translation
Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:
New Life Bible
Then the Lord answered Job out of the strong wind and said,
New Revised Standard
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then Yahweh responded to Job, out of a storm, and said: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then the Lord answered Job out of a whirlwind, and said:
Revised Standard Version
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind:
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --
THE MESSAGE
And now, finally, God answered Job from the eye of a violent storm. He said:
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

Contextual Overview

1 Then the Lord spoke to Job from a whirlwind and said, 2 "Who is this ignorant person saying these foolish things? 3 Prepare yourself for an attack! Get ready to answer the questions I will ask you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Job 37:1, Job 37:2, Job 37:9, Job 37:14, Exodus 19:16-19, Deuteronomy 4:11, Deuteronomy 4:12, Deuteronomy 5:22-24, 1 Kings 19:11, 2 Kings 2:1, 2 Kings 2:11, Ezekiel 1:4, Nahum 1:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 3:8 - cool of the day Genesis 9:10 - General Job 11:5 - General Job 31:35 - Oh Job 40:1 - General Job 40:6 - out Psalms 111:2 - works Matthew 17:5 - a voice

Cross-References

Genesis 38:2
Judah met a Canaanite girl there and married her. The girl's father was named Shua.
Genesis 38:3
The Canaanite girl gave birth to a son and named him Er.
Joshua 12:15
the king of Libnah, the king of Adullam,
Joshua 15:35
Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
Judges 4:18
Jael saw him coming, so she went out to meet him and said, "Sir, come into my tent. Come in. Don't be afraid." So Sisera went into Jael's tent, and she covered him with a blanket.
1 Samuel 22:1
David left Gath and ran away to the cave of Adullam. David's brothers and relatives heard that David was at Adullam and went to see him there.
2 Samuel 23:13
Once during harvest time David was at the cave of Adullam, and three of the Thirty Heroes went down to meet him there. At the same time the Philistine army was camped in the Valley of Rephaim.
2 Kings 4:8
One day Elisha went to Shunem, where an important woman lived. She asked Elisha to stop and eat at her house. So every time Elisha went through that place, he stopped there to eat.
Proverbs 9:6
Leave your old, foolish ways and live! Advance along the path of understanding."
Proverbs 13:20
Be friends with those who are wise, and you will become wise. Choose fools to be your friends, and you will have trouble.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind,.... As soon as Elihu had done speaking, who saw the tempest rising, and gave hints of it, Job 37:2; and hastened to finish his discourse. This was raised to give notice of the Lord being about to appear, and to display his majesty, and to command reverence and attention. The Targum calls it the whirlwind of distress, as it might be to Job; and a representation of the distressed and disturbed state and condition in which he was. The person that spoke out of it is Jehovah the Son of God, the eternal Word, who very probably appeared in an human form; there was an object seen, Job 42:5; and spoke with an articulate voice to Job;

and said; in answer to his frequent wishes and desires that the Lord would appear and take his cause in hand.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then the Lord answered Job - This speech is addressed particularly to Job, not only because he is the principal personage referred to in the book, but particularly because he had indulged in language of murmuring and complaint. God designed to bring him to a proper state of mind before he appeared openly for his vindication. It is the purpose of God, in his dealings with his people, “to bring them to a proper state of mind” before he appears as their vindicator and friend, and hence, their trials are often prolonged, and when he appears, he seems at first to come only to rebuke them. Job had indulged in very improper feelings, and it was needful that those feelings should be subdued before God would manifest himself as his friend, and address him in words of consolation.

Out of the whirlwind - The tempest; the storm - probably that which Elihu had seen approaching, Job 37:21-24. God is often represented as speaking to people in this manner. He spake amidst lightnings and tempests on Mount Sinai Exodus 19:16-19, and he is frequently represented as appearing amidst the thunders and lightnings of a tempest, as a symbol of his majesty; compare Psalms 18:9-13; Habakkuk 3:3-6. The word here rendered “whirlwind” means rather “a storm, a tempest.” The Septuagint renders this verse, “After Elihu had ceased speaking, the Lord spake to Job from a tempest and clouds.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXXVIII

The Lord answers Job out of a whirlwind, and challenges him to

answer, 1-3.

He convinces him of ignorance and weakness, by an enumeration

of some of his mighty works; particularly of the creation of

the earth, 4-7.

The sea and the deeps, 8-18.

The light, 19-21.

Snow, hail, thunder, lightning, rain, dew, ice, and hoar-frost,

22-30.

Different constellations, and the ordinances of heaven

influencing the earth, 31-33.

Shows his own power and wisdom in the atmosphere, particularly

in the thunder, lightnings, and rain, 34-38.

His providence in reference to the brute creation, 39-41.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXXVIII

Verse Job 38:1. The Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind — It is not סופה suphah, as in the preceding chapter, Job 37:9; but סורה searah, which signifies something turbulent, tumultuous, or violently agitated; and here may signify what we call a tempest, and was intended to fill Job's mind with solemnity, and an awful sense of the majesty of God. The Chaldee has, a whirlwind of grief, making the whole rather allegorical than real; impressing the scene on Job's imagination.


 
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