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Job 38:23
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which I hold in reserve for times of trouble,for the day of warfare and battle?
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
which I save for times of trouble, for days of war and battle?
which I reserve for the time of trouble, for the day of war and battle?
Which I have reserved for the time of trouble, For the day of battle and war?
Which I have reserved for a time of distress, For a day of war and battle?
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?
Which I haue hid against the time of trouble, against the day of warre and battell?
Which I have reserved for the time of distress,For the day of war and battle?
which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?
until I use them to punish and conquer nations?
which I save for times of trouble, for days of battle and war?
Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war?
I save them there for times of trouble, for the times of war and battle.
Which are reserved against the time of distress, against the day of battle and war?
I keep them ready for times of trouble, for days of battle and war.
which I have reserved for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war?
which I have reserved for the time of distress for the day of battle and war?
which I haue prepared agaynst the tyme of trouble, agaynst the tyme of batell & warre?
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?
Which I have kept for the time of trouble, for the day of war and fighting?
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
Which I haue reserued against the time of trouble, against the day of battaile and warre?
Which I haue prepared against the time of trouble, against the time of battaile and warre?
And is there a store of them, for thee against the time of thine enemies, for the day of wars and battle?
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
whiche thingis Y made redy in to the tyme of an enemy, in to the dai of fiytyng and of batel.
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
Which I have reserved for the time of trouble, For the day of battle and war?
(I have reserved them as weapons for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war.)
which I have kept for the time of trouble, for the day of war and battle?
which I have reserved for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war?
Which I have reserved for a time of distress, for the day of conflict and of war?
Which I have prepared for the time of the enemy, against the day of battle and war?
which I have reserved for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war?
That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict and battle.
Which I have reserved for the time of distress, For the day of war and battle?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Job 36:31, Job 36:13, Exodus 9:18, Exodus 9:24, Joshua 10:11, Isaiah 30:30, Ezekiel 13:11-13, Matthew 7:27, Revelation 16:21
Reciprocal: Exodus 9:23 - and hail Psalms 135:7 - he bringeth Psalms 147:17 - casteth Revelation 11:19 - and great
Cross-References
Why have you despised the word of the Lord , to do what is evil in his sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to be your wife and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.
He will get wounds and dishonor, and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.
For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret.
("Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!")
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble,.... For the punishment or affliction of men; and is explained as follows,
against the day of battle and war? as his artillery and ammunition to light his enemies with. Of hail we have instances in Scripture, as employed against the Egyptians and Canaanites, Exodus 9:25; and of a reserve of it in the purposes of God, and in prophecy against the day of battle with antichrist, Revelation 16:21; and so Jarchi interprets it here of the war of Gog and Magog. And though there are no instances of snow being used in this way in Scripture, yet there is in history. Strabo s reports, that at Corzena and Cambysena, which join to Mount Caucasus, such snows have fallen, that whole companies of men have been swallowed up in them; and even armies have been overwhelmed with them, as the army of the Gauls t; and such quantities have been thrown down from mountains, on which they have been lodged, that towns, towers, and villages, have been laid prostrate by them u; and in the year 443, a vast snow destroyed many w. Frequently do we hear in our parts of the disasters occasioned by them. The Targum particularly makes mention of snow; and renders it, "which snow I have reserved", &c. though absurdly applies it to punishment in hell.
s Geograph. l. 11. p. 363. t Cicero de Divinatione, l. 1. u Olaus Magu. de Ritu Gent. Septent. l. 2. c. 13. w Whiston's Chronolog. Tables, cent. 20.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Which I have reserved - As if they were carefully treasured up to be brought forth as they shall be needed. The idea is, that they were entirely under the direction of God.
The time of trouble - Herder “the time of need.” The meaning probably is, that he had kept them in reserve for the time when he wished to bring calamity on his enemies, or that he made use of them to punish his foes; compare the notes at Job 36:31-33.
Against the day of battle and war - Hailstones were employed by God sometimes to overwhelm his foes, and were sent against them in time of battle; see Joshua 10:11; Exodus 9:22-26; Psalms 18:12-13; compare the notes at Isaiah 29:6.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 38:23. Reserved against the time of trouble — לעת צר leeth tsar, "to the season of strictness," i.e., the season when the earth is constringed or bound by the frost.
Against the day of battle and war? — Hailstones being often employed as instruments of God's displeasure against his enemies, and the enemies of his people. There is probably an allusion here to the plague of hail sent on the Egyptians. See Exodus 9:23, and the notes there, for more particulars concerning hailstones, remarkable showers of them, c. There may be also a reference to Joshua 10:10-11, where a destructive shower of what are called hailstones fell upon the Canaanitish kings who fought against Israel. See the note there also.
