Iyov 37:17

17 You whose garments are hot, when the eretz is still because of the south wind,

Iyov 37:17 Meaning and Commentary

Job 37:17

How thy garments [are] warm, when he quieteth the earth by
the south [wind]?
] One should think there is no great difficulty in accounting for this, that a man's clothes should be warm, and he so hot as not to be able to bear them, but obliged to put them off in the summer season, when only the south wind blows, which brings heat, a serene sky, and fine weather, ( Luke 12:55 ) ; and yet there is something in the concourse of divine Providence attending these natural causes, and his blessing with them, without which the garment of a man will not be warm, or at least not warming to him, ( Haggai 1:6 ) ; or

``how thy garments are warm when the land is still from the south,''

as Mr. Broughton renders the words; that is, how it is when the earth is still from the whirlwinds of the south; or when that wind does not blow which brings heat, but northerly winds in the winter time; that then a man's garments should be warm, and keep him warm.

Iyov 37:17 In-Context

15 Dost thou know how Elo’ah controls them, and caused the ohr (lightning) of His cloud to flash?

16 Dost thou know the spreading out of the clouds, the wondrous works of Him which is tamim in da’as?

17 You whose garments are hot, when the eretz is still because of the south wind,

18 Hast thou with Him spread out the shekhakim (clouds), hard as a molten mirror?

19 Teach us what we shall say unto Him, for we cannot order our case by reason of choshech.