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Job 38
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con palabras tan ignorantes?
Dímelo, ya que sabes tanto.
y extendió la cinta de medir?
y quién puso su piedra principal
cuando brotó del vientre
y lo envolví en densa oscuridad?
y puse límite a sus orillas.
¡Aquí se detendrán tus orgullosas olas!”
o has causado que el amanecer se levante por el oriente?
para poner fin a la perversidad de la noche?
la tierra va tomando forma como el barro bajo un sello;
se viste de brillantes colores.
y detiene el brazo que se levanta para hacer violencia.
¿Has recorrido sus profundidades?
¿Has visto las puertas de la absoluta penumbra?
¡Dímelo, si es que lo sabes!
y adónde va la oscuridad?
¿Sabes cómo llegar allí?
¡Pues naciste antes de que todo fuera creado,
y tienes muchísima experiencia!
o has visto donde se guarda el granizo?
para el día de la batalla y de la guerra).
¿Dónde está el hogar del viento del oriente?
¿Quién trazó el sendero del relámpago?
en el desierto donde nadie vive?
y hace que brote la hierba tierna?
¿Quién da a luz el rocío?
¿Quién da a luz la escarcha que viene del cielo?
y la superficie del agua se congela.
y atar el grupo de las Pléyades
o aflojar las cuerdas de Orión?
o guiar a la Osa con sus cachorros a través del cielo?
¿Puedes usarlas para regular la tierra?
y hacer que llueva?
y que caiga hacia donde lo dirijas?
y el instinto a la mente?
¿Quién puede inclinar los cántaros de los cielos
y el suelo, convertido en terrones?
y saciar el hambre de los cachorros
o se agazapan en los matorrales?
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Job 38 Commentary
Chapter 38
God calls upon Job to answer. (1-3) God questions Job. (4-11) Concerning the light and darkness. (12-24) Concerning other mighty works. (25-41)
Verses 1-3 Job had silenced, but had not convinced his friends. Elihu had silenced Job, but had not brought him to admit his guilt before God. It pleased the Lord to interpose. The Lord, in this discourse, humbles Job, and brings him to repent of his passionate expressions concerning God's providential dealings with him; and this he does, by calling upon Job to compare God's being from everlasting to everlasting, with his own time; God's knowledge of all things, with his own ignorance; and God's almighty power, with his own weakness. Our darkening the counsels of God's wisdom with our folly, is a great provocation to God. Humble faith and sincere obedience see farthest and best into the will of the Lord.
Verses 4-11 For the humbling of Job, God here shows him his ignorance, even concerning the earth and the sea. As we cannot find fault with God's work, so we need not fear concerning it. The works of his providence, as well as the work of creation, never can be broken; and the work of redemption is no less firm, of which Christ himself is both the Foundation and the Corner-stone. The church stands as firm as the earth.
Verses 12-24 The Lord questions Job, to convince him of his ignorance, and shame him for his folly in prescribing to God. If we thus try ourselves, we shall soon be brought to own that what we know is nothing in comparison with what we know not. By the tender mercy of our God, the Day-spring from on high has visited us, to give light to those that sit in darkness, whose hearts are ( 2 Corinthians. 4:6 ) government of the world is said to be in the sea; this means, that it is hid from us. Let us make sure that the gates of heaven shall be opened to us on the other side of death, and then we need not fear the opening of the gates of death. It is presumptuous for us, who perceive not the breadth of the earth, to dive into the depth of God's counsels. We should neither in the brightest noon count upon perpetual day, nor in the darkest midnight despair of the return of the morning; and this applies to our inward as well as to our outward condition. What folly it is to strive against God! How much is it our interest to seek peace with him, and to keep in his love!
Verses 25-41 Hitherto God had put questions to Job to show him his ignorance; now God shows his weakness. As it is but little that he knows, he ought not to arraign the Divine counsels; it is but little he can do, therefore he ought not to oppose the ways of Providence. See the all-sufficiency of the Divine Providence; it has wherewithal to satisfy the desire of every living thing. And he that takes care of the young ravens, certainly will not be wanting to his people. This being but one instance of the Divine compassion out of many, gives us occasion to think how much good our God does, every day, beyond what we are aware of. Every view we take of his infinite perfections, should remind us of his right to our love, the evil of sinning against him, and our need of his mercy and salvation.
Chapter Summary
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.