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Themes in Job 38

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Themes in Job 38

Job 38:1 (show verse)

Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind. He said:

Meteorology » Whirlwind » General references to
Whirlwind » General references to
Whirlwind » Miracles connected with » God spoke to job from
Whirlwind » God answered job in

Job 38:2 (show verse)

Who is this who obscures My counsel
with ignorant words?

Speaking » Folly in
Words » Without knowledge, darken advice

Job 38:3 (show verse)

Get ready to answer Me like a man;
when I question you, you will inform Me.

No Themes for this verse.

Job 38:4 (show verse)

Where were you when I established the earth?
Tell Me, if you have understanding.

the Earth » God » Laid the foundation of
Foundation » Figuratively applied to » the Earth
Man » Insignificance of

Job 38:5 (show verse)

Who fixed its dimensions? Certainly you know!
Who stretched a measuring line across it?

No Themes for this verse.

Job 38:6 (show verse)

What supports its foundations?
Or who laid its cornerstone

No Themes for this verse.

Job 38:7 (show verse)

while the morning stars sang together
and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Angels » Celebrate the praises of God
Angels » Called » Morning stars
Astronomy » Moon » Stars
Creation » A subject of joy to angels
Great » Joy, occasions of » The creation
Joy » Great joy, occasions of » The creation
Morning » Ushered in by the morning star
Praise » In heaven
Stars » The morning star
Stars » Illustrative » Of angels

Job 38:8 (show verse)

Who enclosed the sea behind doors
when it burst from the womb,

Darkness » Exhibits God's power and greatness
Power » Divine power over nature exhibited by Christ, general examples of » The sea controlled
Sea » The sea controlled
the Sea » God » Set bounds to, by a perpetual decree

Job 38:9 (show verse)

when I made the clouds its garment
and thick darkness its blanket,

Clouds » Are the garment of the sea
Darkness » Over the face of the earth
Darkness » Exhibits God's power and greatness
Darkness » Called the swaddling band of the sea
the Sea » Darkness the swaddling band of
the Sea » The clouds the garment of
Swaddle » Wrapping » Of children

Job 38:10 (show verse)

when I determined its boundaries
and put its bars and doors in place,

the Sea » God » Set bounds to, by a perpetual decree

Job 38:11 (show verse)

when I declared: “You may come this far, but no farther;
your proud waves stop here”?

Power » Divine power over nature exhibited by Christ, general examples of » The sea controlled
Sea » The sea controlled
the Sea » God » Set bounds to, by a perpetual decree

Job 38:12 (show verse)

Have you ever in your life commanded the morning
or assigned the dawn its place,

Man » Insignificance of
Morning » Ordained by God

Job 38:13 (show verse)

so it may seize the edges of the earth
and shake the wicked out of it?

Man » Insignificance of

Job 38:14 (show verse)

The earth is changed as clay is by a seal;
its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.

Clay » Seals made of
Seals » Impressions of » Frequently taken in clay
Symbols and similitudes » Of the holy spirit » Impressing

Job 38:15 (show verse)

Light is withheld from the wicked,
and the arm raised in violence is broken.

No Themes for this verse.

Job 38:16 (show verse)

Have you traveled to the sources of the sea
or walked in the depths of the oceans?

Fountains and springs » Come from the great deep

Job 38:17 (show verse)

Have the gates of death been revealed to you?
Have you seen the gates of deep darkness?

death » Eternal » Gates of
Gates » Figurative » Of death

Job 38:18 (show verse)

Have you comprehended the extent of the earth?
Tell Me, if you know all this.

the Earth » Ideas of the ancients respecting the form of

Job 38:19 (show verse)

Where is the road to the home of light?
Do you know where darkness lives,

Darkness » Physical
Darkness » Inexplicable nature of
Light » The theory of, beyond man's comprehension

Job 38:20 (show verse)

so you can lead it back to its border?
Are you familiar with the paths to its home?

Darkness » Inexplicable nature of
Light » The theory of, beyond man's comprehension

Job 38:21 (show verse)

Don’t you know? You were already born;
you have lived so long!

No Themes for this verse.

Job 38:22 (show verse)

Have you entered the place where the snow is stored?
Or have you seen the storehouses of hail,

Snow » General references to

Job 38:23 (show verse)

which I hold in reserve for times of trouble,
for the day of warfare and battle?

No Themes for this verse.

Job 38:24 (show verse)

What road leads to the place where light is dispersed?
Where is the source of the east wind that spreads across the earth?

Light » The theory of, beyond man's comprehension

Job 38:25 (show verse)

Who cuts a channel for the flooding rain
or clears the way for lightning,

No Themes for this verse.

Job 38:26 (show verse)

to bring rain on an uninhabited land,
on a desert with no human life,

Herbs » Require rain and dew

Job 38:27 (show verse)

to satisfy the parched wasteland
and cause the grass to sprout?

Herbs » Require rain and dew
Herbs » God » Causes to grow

Job 38:28 (show verse)

Does the rain have a father?
Who fathered the drops of dew?

No Themes for this verse.

Job 38:29 (show verse)

Whose womb did the ice come from?
Who gave birth to the frost of heaven

Water » Congealed by cold

Job 38:30 (show verse)

when water becomes as hard as stone,
and the surface of the watery depths is frozen?

No Themes for this verse.

Job 38:31 (show verse)

Can you fasten the chains of the Pleiades
or loosen the belt of Orion?

Astronomy » Moon » Pleiades,
Astronomy » Moon » Orion
Orion » The constellation of
Sciences » Astronomy
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Pleiades,
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Orion

Job 38:32 (show verse)

Can you bring out the constellations in their season
and lead the Bear and her cubs?

Arcturus » Constellation of
Mazzaroth » Probably signs of the zodiac, see
Sciences » Astronomy
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Arcturus
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Mazzaroth
Zodiac » Signs of

Job 38:33 (show verse)

Do you know the laws of heaven?
Can you impose its authority on earth?

No Themes for this verse.

Job 38:34 (show verse)

Can you command the clouds
so that a flood of water covers you?

Clouds » Man » Cannot cause to rain

Job 38:35 (show verse)

Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go?
Do they report to you: “Here we are”?

Meteorology » Thunder and lightning » Lightning

Job 38:36 (show verse)

Who put wisdom in the heart
or gave the mind understanding?

No Themes for this verse.

Job 38:37 (show verse)

Who has the wisdom to number the clouds?
Or who can tilt the water jars of heaven

Bottles » Illustrative » Of the clouds
Clouds » Called the » Bottles of heaven
Clouds » Man » Cannot number
Clouds » Man » Cannot stay

Job 38:38 (show verse)

when the dust hardens like cast metal
and the clods of dirt stick together?

No Themes for this verse.

Job 38:39 (show verse)

Can you hunt prey for a lioness
or satisfy the appetite of young lions

Lions » God provides for

Job 38:40 (show verse)

when they crouch in their dens
and lie in wait within their lairs?

Beasts » Habitations of » Dens and caves

Job 38:41 (show verse)

Who provides the raven’s food
when its young cry out to God
and wander about for lack of food?

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Animals » God's care of
Birds » Divine care of
Birds » Unclean » Raven
God » Providence of » General references to
divine Providence » Mysteries of providing » General references to
Ravens » God provides food for