Giobbe 37:18

18 Hai tu con lui distesi i cieli, I quali son sodi, come uno specchio di metallo?

Giobbe 37:18 Meaning and Commentary

Job 37:18

Hast thou with him spread out the sky?
&c.] Wast thou concerned with him at the first spreading out of the sky? wast thou an assistant to him in it? did he not spread it as a curtain or canopy about himself, without the help of another? verily he did; see ( Job 9:8 ) ( Isaiah 44:24 ) ;

[which] is strong:
for though it seems a fluid and thin, is very firm and strong, as appears by what it bears, and are contained in it; and therefore is called "the firmament of his power", ( Psalms 150:1 ) ;

[and] as a molten looking glass;
clear and transparent, like the looking glasses of the women, made of molten brass, ( Exodus 38:8 ) ; and firm and permanent ^F21; and a glass this is in which the glory of God, and his divine perfections, is to be seen; and is one of the wondrous works of God, made for the display of his own glory, and the benefit of men, ( Psalms 19:1 ) . Or this may respect the spreading out a clear serene sky, and smoothing it after it has been covered and ruffled with storms and tempests; which is such a wonderful work of God, that man has no hand in.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 (calkeov ouranov) . Pindar. Nem. Ode 6.

Giobbe 37:18 In-Context

16 Intendi tu come le nuvole son bilanciate? Conosci tu le maraviglie di colui che è perfetto in ogni scienza?

17 Come i tuoi vestimenti son caldi, Quando egli acqueta l’Austro in su la terra?

18 Hai tu con lui distesi i cieli, I quali son sodi, come uno specchio di metallo?

19 Insegnaci ciò che noi gli diremo; Poichè, per cagione delle nostre tenebre, noi non possiam bene ordinare i nostri ragionamenti.

20 Gli sarebbe egli rapportato quando io avessi parlato? Se vi fosse alcuno che ne parlasse, certo egli sarebbe abissato.