Job 38
Overview
38:1 God challenges Job to answer;
38:4 God, by his mighty works, convinces Job of ignorance,
38:31 and of imbecility. Verse 1Job 37:1, 37:2, 37:9, 37:14; Exodus 19:16-19; Deuteronomy 4:11, 4:12, 5:22-24; 1 Kings 19:11; 2 Kings 2:1, 2:11; Ezekiel 1:4; Nahum 1:3ReciprocalGenesis 3:8 - cool of the day; 9:10 - General; Job 11:5 - General; 31:35 - Oh; 40:1 - General; 40:6 - out; Psalm 111:2 - works; Matthew 17:5 - a voice Verse 2Job 12:3, 23:4, 23:5, 24:25, 26:3, 27:11, 34:35, 35:16, 42:3; 1 Timothy 1:7ReciprocalJob 6:26 - reprove; 11:5 - General; 33:3 - my lips; 37:19 - we; Psalm 106:33 - he spake; 139:4 - there is not; Romans 9:20 - who art; Colossians 2:18 - intruding; James 4:12 - who Verse 3GirdJob 40:7; Exodus 12:11; 1 Kings 18:46; Jeremiah 1:17; 1 Peter 1:13 forJob 13:15, 13:22, 23:3-7, 31:35-37 answer thou meHeb. make me knowReciprocal42:4 - I will; Proverbs 31:17 - girdeth; Isaiah 41:1 - let the people; 41:21 - Produce; Romans 9:20 - who art Verse 4WhereProverbs 8:22, 8:29, 8:30, 30:4 IGenesis 1:1; Psalm 102:25, 104:5; Habakkuk 1:2, 1:10 hastHeb. knowestReciprocal1 Samuel 2:8 - the pillars; Job 9:6 - the pillars; 15:7 - or wast thou; 34:13 - Who hath given; 37:15 - Dost; 38:12 - since; 38:21 - General; Psalm 18:15 - foundations; 24:2 - For; 90:2 - Before; 119:90 - thou hast; Proverbs 8:25 - General; 25:2 - the glory; Ecclesiastes 11:5 - even; Isaiah 24:23 - before his ancients gloriously; 40:12 - measured; 40:22 - stretcheth; Jeremiah 10:12 - hath made; 27:5 - made; Amos 4:13 - he that; Jonah 2:6 - the earth Verse 5laidJob 11:9, 28:25; Proverbs 8:27; Isaiah 40:12, 40:22 who hath stretchedPsalm 19:4, 78:55; Isaiah 34:11; Zechariah 2:1, 2:2; 2 Corinthians 10:16ReciprocalZechariah 1:16 - and Verse 6WhereuponJob 26:7; 1 Samuel 2:8; Psalm 24:2, 93:1, 104:5; Zechariah 12:1; 2 Peter 3:5 foundationsHeb. sockets, Exodus 26:18-25 fastenedHeb. made to sink, or, Psalm 118:22, 144:12; Isaiah 28:16; Ephesians 2:20, 2:21ReciprocalJob 7:12 - I a sea; Zechariah 4:7 - shoutings Verse 7the morningRevelation 2:28, 22:16 the sonsJob 1:6, 2:1; Psalm 104:4; Revelation 5:11 shoutedEzra 3:11, 3:12; Zechariah 4:7ReciprocalGenesis 1:16 - to rule; 1:31 - very good; Exodus 31:17 - and was refreshed; Leviticus 23:24 - a memorial; Judges 5:1 - Sang Deborah; Psalm 5:11 - shout; 148:2 - all his angels; Daniel 3:25 - the Son of God; Luke 2:13 - a multitude; Revelation 1:16 - he had Verse 8whoJob 38:10; Genesis 1:9; Psalm 33:7, 104:9; Proverbs 8:29; Jeremiah 5:22 outJob 38:29ReciprocalGenesis 7:11 - all; Exodus 14:29 - walked; 1 Kings 17:4 - I have commanded; Job 11:10 - shut up; 26:10 - compassed; 36:30 - and; 38:28 - Hath the; Psalm 24:2 - and; 29:10 - sitteth; 65:7 - noise; 89:9 - General; 107:24 - his wonders; 146:6 - the sea; Proverbs 3:20 - the depths; Matthew 8:26 - and rebuked; Luke 8:25 - being Verse 9thickGenesis 1:2ReciprocalJob 26:8 - bindeth up; 36:29 - the spreadings Verse 10brake up for it my decreed placeor, established my decree upon it, Job 26:10; Genesis 1:9, 1:10, 9:15; Psalm 104:9; Jeremiah 5:22ReciprocalJob 2:6 - save; 38:8 - who; 41:14 - the; Psalm 95:5 - The sea is his; 148:6 - He hath also; Ecclesiastes 1:7 - the rivers run; Jeremiah 31:35 - when Verse 11HithertoThus far shall thy flux and reflux extend. The tides are marvellously limited and regulated, not only by the lunar and solar attraction, but by the quantum of time required to remove any part of the earth's surface, by its rotation round its axis, from under the immediate attractive influence of the sun and moon. Hence the attraction of the sun and moon, and the gravitation of the sea to its own centre, which prevent too great a flux on the one hand, and too great reflux on the other, are some of those bars and doors by which its proud waves are stayed, and prevented from coming farther. Psalm 65:6, 65:7, 93:3, 93:4; Proverbs 8:29; Mark 4:39-41 butJob 1:22, 2:6; Psalm 76:10, 89:9; Isaiah 27:8; Luke 8:32, 8:33; Revelation 20:2, 20:3, 20:7, 20:8 thy proud wavesHeb. the pride of thy wavesReciprocal1 Samuel 30:2 - slew not; 2 Samuel 22:16 - rebuking; 1 Kings 13:28 - the lion had; Job 9:8 - treadeth; Psalm 46:3 - the waters; 95:5 - The sea is his; 104:9 - hast set; 124:5 - the proud; 148:6 - He hath also; Ecclesiastes 1:7 - the rivers run; Isaiah 17:13 - rebuke; Jeremiah 5:22 - placed; 31:35 - when; Nahum 1:4 - rebuketh; Mark 4:41 - What Verse 12commandedGenesis 1:5; Psalm 74:16, 136:7, 136:8, 148:3-5 sinceJob 38:4, 38:21, 8:9, 15:7 the dayspringLuke 1:78; 2 Peter 1:19ReciprocalGenesis 1:14 - Let there; 1:17 - General; Job 9:7 - sealeth; 24:16 - they know; 25:3 - upon whom; 38:19 - the way; 38:24 - General; 38:33 - canst; Psalm 65:8 - outgoings; 104:19 - General; Amos 5:8 - and turneth Verse 13takePsalm 19:4-6, 139:9-12 endsHeb. wings, Job 37:3 *marg.the wicked24:13-17; Exodus 14:27; Psalm 104:21, 104:22, 104:35ReciprocalJob 24:16 - they know; 25:3 - upon whom; 38:19 - the way; 38:24 - General; 38:33 - canst; Amos 5:8 - and turneth Verse 14as aPsalm 104:2, 104:6ReciprocalJames 2:5 - Hearken Verse 15fromJob 5:14, 18:5, 18:18; Exodus 10:21-23; 2 Kings 6:18; Proverbs 4:19; Isaiah 8:21, 8:22; Jeremiah 13:16; Acts 13:10, 13:11 the highPsalm 10:15, 37:17; Ezekiel 30:22ReciprocalDaniel 11:6 - retain Verse 16the springsPsalm 77:19; Proverbs 8:24; Jeremiah 51:36 walkedJob 26:5, 26:6Reciprocal2 Samuel 14:20 - to know; Job 28:3 - the stones; 41:32 - deep Verse 17the gatesPsalm 9:13, 107:18, 116:3 the shadowJob 3:5, 12:22; Psalm 23:4, 107:10, 107:14; Amos 5:8; Matthew 4:16ReciprocalJob 10:22 - the shadow of death; 28:3 - the stones; Matthew 16:18 - and the; Habakkuk 3:1 - naked Verse 18Psalm 74:17, 89:11, 89:12; Isaiah 40:28; Jeremiah 31:37; Revelation 20:9

Verse 19the wayJob 38:12, 38:13; Genesis 1:3, 1:4, 1:14-18; Deuteronomy 4:19; Isaiah 45:7; John 1:9, 8:12 darknessPsalm 18:11, 104:20, 105:28; Jeremiah 13:16; Ezekiel 32:8; Amos 4:13; Matthew 27:45ReciprocalJob 9:7 - sealeth; 28:7 - a path Verse 20it toor, it atthe boundGenesis 10:19, 23:17ReciprocalJob 9:7 - sealeth Verse 21Job 38:4, 38:12, 15:7

Verse 22Job 6:16, 37:6; Psalm 33:7, 135:7ReciprocalGenesis 1:6 - Let there; Exodus 9:23 - and hail; Deuteronomy 28:12 - open; Job 36:31 - by; Psalm 147:17 - casteth; 148:8 - Fire; Jeremiah 10:13 - bringeth; 51:16 - bringeth; Revelation 11:19 - and great Verse 23Job 36:31, 36:13; Exodus 9:18, 9:24; Joshua 10:11; Isaiah 30:30; Ezekiel 13:11-13; Matthew 7:27; Revelation 16:21ReciprocalExodus 9:23 - and hail; Psalm 135:7 - he bringeth; 147:17 - casteth; Revelation 11:19 - and great Verse 24Job 38:12, 38:13; Jonah 4:8; Matthew 24:27ReciprocalJob 28:7 - a path; 37:15 - the light; Psalm 135:7 - he maketh lightnings; 147:8 - covereth Verse 25Job 28:26, 36:27, 36:28, 37:3-6; Psalm 29:3-10ReciprocalExodus 19:16 - thunders; Leviticus 26:4 - Then I; Job 36:30 - he; 37:15 - the light; 37:21 - General; Psalm 29:10 - sitteth; 104:13 - watereth; Jeremiah 10:13 - maketh Verse 26To causeIt is well known that rain falls copiously in thunder storms. The flash is first seen, the clap is next heard, and last the rain descends; though in fact they all take place at the same time. The lightning traverses all space in no perceivable succession of time. Sound is propagated at the rate of 1,142 feet in a second. Rain travels still more slowly, and will be seen sooner or later according to the weight of the drops, and the distance of the cloud. Now as water is composed of two elastic airs or gases, called oxygen and hydrogen, in the proportion of 88+ of the former and 11, 3/4 of the latter in 100 parts, the electric spark, or matter of lightning, passing through the atmosphere, ignites and decomposes those gases, which explode; and the water falls down in the form of rain. This explosion, as well as the rushing in of the circumambient air to restore the equilibrium, will account for the clap and peal; and thus by the lightning of thunder God causes it to rain on the earth.on the wildernessPsalm 104:10-14, 107:35, 147:8, 147:9; Isaiah 35:1, 35:2, 41:18, 41:19, 43:19, 43:20; Jeremiah 14:22; Habakkuk 3:1, 3:1ReciprocalGenesis 2:5 - had not; Job 5:10 - fields; 36:31 - he giveth; 37:13 - for his; Psalm 65:12 - drop; 135:7 - he maketh lightnings; Proverbs 3:20 - the clouds; Acts 14:17 - and gave Verse 27ReciprocalJob 36:31 - he giveth; 37:13 - for his; Psalm 65:12 - drop; 145:16 - openest Verse 28Hath theJob 38:8, 5:9, 5:10; 1 Samuel 12:17, 12:18; Psalm 65:9, 65:10; Jeremiah 5:24, 10:13, 14:22; Joel 2:23; Amos 4:7; Matthew 5:45 dewJob 29:19; Genesis 27:28, 27:39; Deuteronomy 33:13, 33:28; 2 Samuel 1:21; 1 Kings 17:1; Proverbs 3:20; Hosea 14:5ReciprocalGenesis 2:4 - the generations; Psalm 90:2 - Before Verse 29Job 38:8, 6:16, 37:10; Psalm 147:16, 147:17Reciprocal90:2 - Before Verse 30the faceJob 37:10 frozenHeb. takenReciprocal41:32 - deep; Psalm 147:17 - who can stand Verse 31Pleiadesor, the seven stars, Heb. Cimah, Job 9:9 *marg. Amos 5:8 Orionor, CesilReciprocalGenesis 1:14 - and let; Job 37:17 - he Verse 32Mazzarothor, the twelve signs, Probably the same as mazzaloth. 2 Kings 23:5 guide ArcturusHeb. guide them, Job 9:9ReciprocalGenesis 1:14 - and let; Amos 5:8 - maketh Verse 33the ordinancesGenesis 1:16, 8:22; Psalm 119:90, 119:91; Jeremiah 31:35, 31:36, 33:25 canstJob 38:12, 38:13ReciprocalPsalm 148:6 - He hath also Verse 341 Samuel 12:18; Amos 5:8; Zechariah 10:1; James 5:18ReciprocalJob 36:27 - he; 36:30 - he; Jeremiah 10:13 - uttereth; 51:16 - there is; Matthew 8:9 - Go Verse 35CanstExodus 9:23-25, 9:29; Leviticus 10:2; Numbers 11:1, 16:35; 2 Kings 1:10, 1:14; Revelation 11:5, 11:6 Here we areHeb. Behold us, 1 Samuel 22:12; Isaiah 6:8 *marg. 65:1ReciprocalJob 36:30 - he; Psalm 18:14 - he shot; 29:7 - flames; Jeremiah 10:13 - uttereth; Matthew 8:9 - Go; 24:27 - as Verse 36Who hath putJob 32:8; Psalm 51:6; Proverbs 2:6; Ecclesiastes 2:26; James 1:5, 1:17 who hath givenExodus 31:3, 36:1, 36:2; Isaiah 28:26

Verse 37numberGenesis 15:5; Psalm 147:4 or whoGenesis 8:1, 9:15 stayHeb. cause to lie downReciprocal8:2 - the rain; Job 26:8 - bindeth up; 36:29 - the spreadings; 37:13 - whether; Psalm 104:13 - watereth; Jeremiah 5:24 - that giveth Verse 38groweth into hardnessor, is turned into mire, Heb. is pouredReciprocalJob 37:13 - whether Verse 39WiltJob 4:10, 4:11; Psalm 34:10, 104:21, 145:15, 145:16 appetiteHeb. lifeReciprocalGenesis 1:24 - Let; 1:30 - General; Numbers 24:9 - couched; Psalm 8:8 - The fowl; Proverbs 6:7 - General Verse 40Genesis 49:9; Numbers 23:24, 24:9ReciprocalGenesis 1:24 - Let Verse 41Psalm 104:27, 104:28, 147:9; Matthew 6:26; Luke 12:24ReciprocalGenesis 6:21 - General; 8:7 - a raven; 16:11 - hath; Leviticus 11:13 - the eagle; 1 Kings 17:4 - I have commanded; Psalm 50:11 - know; 104:21 - seek; Joel 1:20 - cry