Job 37
37:2 a The Old Testament often associates thunder with God’s voice (36:29 b, 33 c; 37:5 d; 38:1 e; Exod 19:16-19 f; Ps 104:7 g).37:7 h everyone stops working ... watch his power: The ending of the agricultural work season gave people time to meditate on God’s providential control.
37:13 i The same act by God can serve more than one function, such as storms that both destroy enemies and give God’s people victory (Josh 10 j; Judg 4 k; 1 Sam 7:10-11 l; Pss 18:7-15 m; 105:32-33 n).
37:17 o The hot south wind caused the sweltering conditions.
37:20 p speak when they are confused? Or speak without being swallowed up? Punishment as severe as death might result from contesting God’s judgment (cp. 13:14 q).
37:22 r the mountain of God (Hebrew from Zaphon): In the literature of the ancient city of Ugarit, Zaphon was the northern mountainous abode of Baal; here it figuratively refers to God’s lofty home in the heavens (see Isa 14:13-14 s).
37:23 t cannot imagine the power of the Almighty: Cp. 11:7 u; 26:14 v; Rom 11:33 w; 1 Tim 6:16 x.
• he is just and righteous: Cp. Job 9:4 y, 19 z; 12:13 aa; Pss 62:11 ab; 66:3 ac; 93:1 ad; 99:4 ae.
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