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Job 38:26-36

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26 to bring rain on 1a land where no man is, on 2the desert in which there is no man,
27 to satisfy the waste and desolate land, and to make the ground sprout with 3grass?
28 "Has 4the rain a father, or who has begotten the drops of dew?
29 From whose womb did 5the ice come forth, and who has given birth to 6the frost of heaven?
30 The waters become hard like stone, and the face of the deep is 7frozen.
31 "Can you bind the chains of 8the Pleiades or loose the cords of 9Orion?
32 Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth[a] in their season, or can you guide 10the Bear with its children?
33 Do you know 11the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth?
34 "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that 12a flood of waters may cover you?
35 Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go and say to you, 'Here we are'?
36 Who has 13put wisdom in 14the inward parts[b] or given understanding to the mind?[c]
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Job 38:26-36 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 38

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, Job 38:1-7; concerning the sea, compared to an infant in embryo, at its birth, in its swaddling bands and cradle, Job 38:8-11; concerning the morning light, its spread and influence, Job 38:12-15; concerning the springs of the sea, the dark parts of the earth, the place both of light and darkness, Job 38:16-21; concerning the various meteors, snow, hail, rain, thunder, lightning, and the influences of the stars, Job 38:22-38; and concerning provision for lions and ravens, Job 38:40,41.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 14

Footnotes 3

The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.