Job 37:17

17 You suffer in your clothes when the land is silenced by the hot, 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 in the sky? Do you know the miracles of God, who knows everything?

17 You suffer in your clothes when the land is silenced by the hot, south wind.

18 You cannot stretch out the sky like God and make it look as hard as polished bronze.

19 Tell us what we should say to him; we cannot get our arguments ready because we do not have enough understanding.