Job 40:1
And the LORD said to Job:
BSB
ASV
Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,
KJV
Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said,
Moreover, the Lord answered Job - The word “answered” is used here as it is often in the Scriptures, not to denote a reply to what had been immediately said, but to take up or continue an argument. What God said here was designed as a reply to the spirit which Job had so frequently manifested.
Answered - Having made a little pause to try what Job could answer. This is not said to be spoken out of the whirlwind, and therefore some think God said it in a still, small voice, which wrought more upon Job, (as upon Elijah) than the whirlwind did. Tho' Job had not spoken any thing, yet God is said to answer him.
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Job 38:1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
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Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
“At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place.
As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.
Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered…
On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the…
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Job 40:6Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
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Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid…