Job 37:17

17 You who swelter in your clothes when the land lies hushed under the south wind,

Job 37:17 in Other Translations

17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?

17 you whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind?

17 When you are sweltering in your clothes and the south wind dies down and everything is still,

17 Why, you don't even know how to keep cool on a sweltering hot day,

17 How thy garments are warm, When the earth is still by reason of the south [wind]?

17 you whose clothes are hot and sweaty, when the earth is calm under a south wind?

17 You whose clothes get hot when the south wind brings calm to the land,

17 Even your clothes are too hot for you when the land lies quiet under the south wind.

Job 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.

Job 37:17 In-Context

15 Do you know how God controls the clouds and makes his lightning flash?

16 Do you know how the clouds hang poised, those wonders of him who has perfect knowledge?

17 You who swelter in your clothes when the land lies hushed under the south wind,

18 can you join him in spreading out the skies, hard as a mirror of cast bronze?

19 “Tell us what we should say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.

Cross References

• 1. Acts 27:13