'Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind' (38:1). And answers not one of Job's questions, asking scores of his own. 'Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man… Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?'. When the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy, when the sea was shut up with doors and swaddled in thick darkness. Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began? Hath the rain a father? 'Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?' (38:31). Who provideth for the raven his prey?

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary and John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament.

Context

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A. 1–11 Jehovah Answers Out of the Whirlwind: Where Wast Thou?
B. 12–24 Jehovah: Hast Thou Entered the Treasuries of the Snow?
C. 25–38 Jehovah: Canst Thou Bind the Cluster of the Pleiades?
D. 39–41 Jehovah: Who Provideth for the Raven His Prey?

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Psalms 1047 verses
- Psalms 104:2He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
- Psalms 104:5He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.
- Psalms 104:6You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
- Psalms 104:9You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.
- Psalms 104:14He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
- Psalms 104:21The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
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Job 375 verses
- Job 37:1“At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place.
- Job 37:3He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.
- Job 37:6For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’
- Job 37:8The wild animals enter their lairs; they settle down in their dens.
- Job 37:10By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.
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Job 384 verses
- Job 38:4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
- Job 38:8Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
- Job 38:12In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,
- Job 38:31Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?
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Genesis 14 verses
- Genesis 1:2Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
- Genesis 1:5God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
- Genesis 1:9And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
- Genesis 1:16God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.
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Psalms 1474 verses
- Psalms 147:4He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name.
- Psalms 147:8who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
- Psalms 147:9He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
- Psalms 147:16He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes;
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Job 263 verses
- Job 26:5The dead tremble—those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
- Job 26:7He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
- Job 26:10He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
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Proverbs 82 verses
- Proverbs 8:24When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water.
- Proverbs 8:29when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
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Psalms 1072 verses
- Psalms 107:18They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
- Psalms 107:35He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.
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