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Job 38:1-9

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The First Speech of the LORD

1 The LORD spoke to Job out of a storm. He said,
2 "Who do you think you are to disagree with my plans? You do not know what you are talking about.
3 Get ready to stand up for yourself. I will ask you some questions. Then I want you to answer me.
4 "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you know.
5 Who measured it? I am sure you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it?
6 What was it built on? Who laid its most important stone?
7 When it happened, the morning stars sang together. All of the angels shouted with joy.
8 "Who created the ocean? Who caused it to be born?
9 I put clouds over it as if they were its clothes. I wrapped it in thick darkness.
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Job 38:1-9 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
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