Job 38:1
But the Lord, responding to Job from a whirlwind, said:
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
In Context
2Who is this that wraps sentences in unskilled words?
Cross References
Exodus 19:16And now, the third day arrived and the morning dawned. And behold, thunders began to be heard, and also lightning flashed, and a very dense cloud covered the mountain, and the noise of the trumpet resounded vehemently. And the people who were in the camp were fearful.
Deuteronomy 5:22The Lord spoke these words to the entire multitude of you on the mountain, from the midst of the fire and the cloud and the darkness, with a loud voice, adding nothing more. And he wrote them on two tablets of stone, which he delivered to me.
2 Kings 2:1Now it happened that, when the Lord willed to lift up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were going out of Gilgal.
Job 11:5Yet I wish that God would speak with you, and would open his lips to you,
Job 37:9From the interior, a storm will come forth, and a cold winter from the north.
Job 40:1But the Lord, answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:
Matthew Henry on Job 38:1
In most disputes the strife is who shall have the last word. Job's friends had, in this controversy, tamely yielded it to Job, and then he to Elihu. But, after all the wranglings of the counsel at bar, the judge upon the bench must have the last word; so God had here, and so he will have in every controversy, for every man's judgment proceeds from him and by his definitive sentence every man must stand or fall and every cause be won or lost. Job had often appealed to God, and had talked boldly how he would order… Read the whole commentary →