Posts with the tag “job-38”

“Does the rain have a father?Who sires the drops of dew?From whose womb comes the ice?” (38:28-29)Much of the Lord’s first discourse to Job concerns the weather or, to use an earthier term, the elemen...  Read More

“Have you ever given orders to the morning,or shown the dawn its place?” (38:12)The Lord’s answer to Job assumes something of the form of a three-ring circus. “And now, for My next act . . .” he annou...  Read More

“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? . . .Who laid its cornerstone,while the morning stars sang togetherand all the angels shouted for joy?” (38:4, 6-7)The Lord begins His cross-examina...  Read More

“Who is this who darkens my counsel with words without knowledge?” (38:2)The Lord’s first words to Job contain a message that all theologians and priests, all pastors and Christian counselors, all tea...  Read More

Then the Lord answered Job out of the storm. (38:1)As sensational as the ending of this book is, many readers have found the Lord’s answer to Job oddly unsatisfying. In the first place, it does not se...  Read More