Job 38:1-11 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Job 38:1: 38:1–42:6 Finally, the Lord answered Job . In this final section, the Lord challenges Job’s overreaching self-defense with a display of his works that remind Job of God’s transcendent greatness. Summary for Job 38:1-40:5: 38:1–40:5 God challenges Job, who acknowledges his inability to judge the moral world by demonstrating his ignorance of the natural world’s cosmic (38:4-21 ) and meteorological elements (38:22-38 ), animals, and birds (38:39–39:30 ). Summary for Job 38:1-3: 38:1-3 God challenged Job from out of the whirlwind . The Old Testament commonly associates storms with God’s presence (2 Kgs 2:1 , 11 ; Ezek 1:4 ; Nah 1:3 ). Job finally had an audience with God (Job 13:22-23 ).

Summary for Job 38:1: 38:1–42:6 ^a Finally, the Lord answered Job. In this final section, the Lord challenges Job’s overreaching self-defense with a display of his works that remind Job of God’s transcendent greatness.
Summary for Job 38:1-40:5: 38:1–40:5 ^b God challenges Job, who acknowledges his inability to judge the moral world by demonstrating his ignorance of the natural world’s cosmic (38:4-21 ^c) and meteorological elements (38:22-38 ^d), animals, and birds (38:39–39:30 ^e).
Summary for Job 38:1-3: 38:1-3 ^f God challenged Job from out of the whirlwind. The Old Testament commonly associates storms with God’s presence (2 Kgs 2:1 ^g, 11 ^h; Ezek 1:4 ⁱ; Nah 1:3 ^j). Job finally had an audience with God (Job 13:22-23 ^k).
38:2 ^l questions my wisdom: God’s accusation sounds like a charge made by Eliphaz (15:2 ^m) and Elihu (34:35 ⁿ; 35:16 ^o) to which Job eventually admitted guilt (42:3 ^p).
38:7 ^q The morning stars are personified in parallel construction with the angels (1:6 ^r; 2:1 ^s).
Summary for Job 38:10-11: 38:10-11 ^t locked it behind barred gates: The sea is depicted as a dangerous creature kept under control.