1 God challenges Job to answer
4 God, by his mighty works, convinces Job of ignorance
31 and imbecility

37:1,2,9,14 Ex 19:16-19 De 4:11,12 5:22-24 1Ki 19:11 2Ki 2:1,11 Eze 1:4 Na 1:3

2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

12:3 23:4,5 24:25 26:3 27:11 34:35 35:16 42:3 1Ti 1:7

3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

Gird 40:7 Ex 12:11 1Ki 18:46 Jer 1:17 1Pe 1:13

for 13:15,22 23:3-7 31:35-37

answer thou me. Heb. make me know

4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

Where Pr 8:22,29,30 30:4

I Ge 1:1 Ps 102:25 104:5 Heb 1:2,10

hast. Heb. knowest

5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

laid 11:9 28:25 Pr 8:27 Isa 40:12,22

who hath stretched Ps 19:4 78:55 Isa 34:11 Zec 2:1,2 2Co 10:16

6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

Whereupon 26:7 1Sa 2:8 Ps 24:2 93:1 104:5 Zec 12:1 2Pe 3:5

foundations. Heb. sockets Ex 26:18-25

fastened. Heb. made to sink. or Ps 118:22 144:12 Isa 28:16 Eph 2:20,21

7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

the morning Re 2:28 22:16

the sons 1:6 2:1 Ps 104:4 Re 5:11

shouted Ezr 3:11,12 Zec 4:7

8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

who 10 Ge 1:9 Ps 33:7 104:9 Pr 8:29 Jer 5:22

out 29

9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

thick Ge 1:2

10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

brake up for it my decreed place. or, established my decree upon it 26:10 Ge 1:9,10 9:15 Ps 104:9 Jer 5:22

11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

Hitherto (Thus far shall thy flux and reflux extend. The tides are marvellously limited and regulated, not only by the lunar and solar attraction, but by the quantum of time required to remove any part of the earth's surface, by its rotation round its axis, from under the immediate attractive influence of the sun and moon. Hence the attraction of the sun and moon, and the gravitation of the sea to its own centre, which prevent too great a flux on the one hand, and too great reflux on the other, are some of those bars and doors by which its proud waves are stayed, and prevented from coming farther.) Ps 65:6,7 93:3,4 Pr 8:29 Mr 4:39-41

but 1:22 2:6 Ps 76:10 89:9 Isa 27:8 Lu 8:32,33 Re 20:2,3,7,8

thy proud waves. Heb. the pride of thy waves

12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

commanded Ge 1:5 Ps 74:16 136:7,8 148:3-5

since 4,21 8:9 15:7

the dayspring Lu 1:78 2Pe 1:19

13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

take Ps 19:4-6 139:9-12

ends. Heb. wings 37:3 *marg:

the wicked 24:13-17 Ex 14:27 Ps 104:21,22,35

14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

as a Ps 104:2,6

15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

from 5:14 18:5,18 Ex 10:21-23 2Ki 6:18 Pr 4:19 Isa 8:21,22 Jer 13:16 Ac 13:10,11

the high Ps 10:15 37:17 Eze 30:22

16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

the springs Ps 77:19 Pr 8:24 Jer 51:36

walked 26:5,6

17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

the gates Ps 9:13 107:18 116:3

the shadow 3:5 12:22 Ps 23:4 107:10,14 Am 5:8 Mt 4:16

18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

Ps 74:17 89:11,12 Isa 40:28 Jer 31:37 Re 20:9

19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

the way 12,13 Ge 1:3,4,14-18 De 4:19 Isa 45:7 Joh 1:9 8:12

darkness Ps 18:11 104:20 105:28 Jer 13:16 Eze 32:8 Am 4:13 Mt 27:45

20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

it to. or, it at

21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

4,12 15:7

22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

6:16 37:6 Ps 33:7 135:7

23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

36:31 36:13 Ex 9:18,24 Jos 10:11 Isa 30:30 Eze 13:11-13 Mt 7:27 Re 16:21

24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

12,13 Jon 4:8 Mt 24:27

25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

28:26 36:27,28 37:3-6 Ps 29:3-10

26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

To cause (It is well known that rain falls copiously in thunder storms. The flash is first seen, the clap is next heard, and last the rain descends; though in fact they all take place at the same time. The lightning traverses all space in no perceivable succession of time. Sound is propagated at the rate of 1142 feet in a second. Rain travels still more slowly, and will be seen sooner or later according to the weight of the drops, and the distance of the cloud. Now as water is composed of two elastic airs or gases, called oxygen and hydrogen, in the proportion of 88 1/4 of the former and 11 3/4 of the latter in 100 parts, the electric spark, or matter of lightning, passing through the atmosphere, ignites and decomposes those gases, which explode; and the water falls down in the form of rain. This explosion, as well as the rushing in of the circumambient air to restore the equilibrium, will account for the clap and peal; and thus by the lightning of thunder God causes it to rain on the earth.)

on the wilderness Ps 104:10-14 107:35 147:8,9 Isa 35:1,2 41:18,19 43:19,20 Jer 14:22 Heb 6:7,8

27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

Hath the 8 5:9,10 1Sa 12:17,18 Ps 65:9,10 Jer 5:24 10:13 14:22 Joe 2:23 Am 4:7 Mt 5:45

dew 29:19 Ge 27:28,39 De 33:13,28 2Sa 1:21 1Ki 17:1 Pr 3:20 Ho 14:5

29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

8 6:16 37:10 Ps 147:16,17

30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

the face 37:10

frozen. Heb. taken

31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

Pleiades. or, the seven stars. Heb. Cimah 9:9 *marg: Am 5:8

Orion. or, Cesil

32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

Mazzaroth. or, the twelve signs. Probably the same as mazzaloth 2Ki 23:5

guide Arcturus. Heb. guide them 9:9

33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

the ordinances Ge 1:16 8:22 Ps 119:90,91 Jer 31:35,36 33:25

canst 12,13

34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

1Sa 12:18 Am 5:8 Zec 10:1 Jas 5:18

35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?

Canst Ex 9:23-25,29 Le 10:2 Nu 11:1 16:35 2Ki 1:10,14 Re 11:5,6

Here we are. Heb. Behold us 1Sa 22:12 Isa 6:8 *marg: 65:1

36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

Who hath put 32:8 Ps 51:6 Pr 2:6 Ec 2:26 Jas 1:5,17

who hath given Ex 31:3 36:1,2 Isa 28:26

37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

number Ge 15:5 Ps 147:4

or who Ge 8:1 9:15

stay. Heb. cause to lie down

38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

groweth into hardness. or, is turned into mire. Heb. is poured

39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

Wilt 4:10,11 Ps 34:10 104:21 145:15,16

appetite. Heb. life

40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

Ge 49:9 Nu 23:24 24:9

41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

Ps 104:27,28 147:9 Mt 6:26 Lu 12:24