Job 38:22

Translations

Modern

Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,

Traditional

Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

Literal

Have you come to the treasury of snow, or have you seen the treasury of hail,

Latin

Numquid ingressus es thesauros nivis, aut thesauros grandinis aspexisti,

Original

Hebrew

English

Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,

Notes

Job 38:22–23

God stores up snow and hail, like the deep seas and winds (Psalms 33:7; 135:7; Jeremiah 10:13; 51:16). God uses these elements as weapons through storms he sends on the day of war and battle (Job 36:32; Isaiah 30:30; Ezekiel 13:11–13; Revelation 16:21; for example, Joshua 10:11; Judges 5:20–21; 1 Samuel 7:10.

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 Trialc. 1650 BC

Related verses

Job 37:6
For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’
Psalm 135:7
He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
Job 6:16
…darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,
Psalm 33:7
He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.

Glossary

Book of Job Proverbs, Book of Wisdom Literature

Topics

Blessing: Temporal, from God God: Creator God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Hail: General Scriptures Concerning Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena: General Scriptures Concerning

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