Job 38:1

Translations

Modern

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

Traditional

Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

Literal

And YHWH answered Job out of the whirlwind, and He said:

Latin

Respondens autem Dominus Job de turbine, dixit:

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Hebrew

English

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

Notes

Job 38:1–42:6

Then the LORD answered Job: In this last part, the LORD challenges Job's strong self-defense by showing his works. This reminds Job of God's supreme greatness.

Job 38:1–3

the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind: The Old Testament often links storms with God's presence (2 Kings 2:1, 11; Ezekiel 1:4; Nahum 1:3). Job finally had the chance to speak with God (Job 13:22–23).

Job 38:1–40:5

God challenges Job. Job admits he cannot judge the moral world. God shows Job's ignorance of the natural world's elements related to the realm of heaven, weather, animals, and birds (38:4–21; 22–38; 39–39:30).

Theme notes and profiles

Complaints God’s Uniqueness

Events

Job's Trial

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Job 40:6
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
1 Kings 19:11
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 the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.
Job 37:1–2
“At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place.
2 Kings 2:11
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.
Exodus 19:16–19
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 people in the camp trembled.
Job 37:9
The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
Ezekiel 1:4
I looked and saw a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the center of the fire was a gleam like amber,
Deuteronomy 4:11–12
You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
2 Kings 2:1
Shortly before the LORD took Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal,
Nahum 1:3
The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
Job 37:14
Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God.
Deuteronomy 5:22–24
The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

People

Job: A righteous man who endured great suffering

Glossary

Book of Job Proverbs, Book of Whirlwind Wisdom Literature

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Job 38:1

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