Job 38:1
And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: —
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
In Context
2Who [is] this — darkening counsel, By words without knowledge?
Cross References
Exodus 19:16And it cometh to pass, on the third day, while it is morning, that there are voices, and lightnings, and a heavy cloud, on the mount, and the sound of a trumpet very strong; and all the people who [are] in the camp do tremble.
Deuteronomy 5:22'These words hath Jehovah spoken unto all your assembly, in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness — a great voice; and He hath not added, and He writeth them on two tables of stone, and giveth them unto me.
2 Kings 2:1And it cometh to pass, at Jehovah's taking up Elijah in a whirlwind to the heavens, that Elijah goeth, and Elisha, from Gilgal,
Job 11:5And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee.
Job 37:9From the inner chamber cometh a hurricane, And from scatterings winds — cold,
Job 40:1And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: —
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 →