24. is . . . parted—parts, so as to diffuse itself over the whole earth, though seeming to come from one point. Light travels from the sun to the earth, ninety millions of miles, in eight minutes. which scattereth—rather, "And by what way the east wind (personified) spreads (scattereth) itself." The light and east wind are associated together, as both come from one quarter, and often arise together (Jonah 4:8). read more
25. waters—Rain falls, not in a mass on one spot, but in countless separate canals in the air marked out for them. way for the lightning— (Job 28:26). read more
26. Since rain fails also on places uninhabited by man, it cannot be that man guides its course. Such rain, though man cannot explain the reason for it, is not lost. God has some wise design in it. read more
27. As though the desolate ground thirsted for God's showers. Personification. The beauty imparted to the uninhabited desert pleases God, for whom primarily all things exist, and He has ulterior designs in it. read more
28. Can any visible origin of rain and dew be assigned by man? Dew is moisture, which was suspended in the air, but becomes condensed on reaching the—in the night—lower temperature of objects on the earth. read more
30. The unfrozen waters are hid under the frozen, as with a covering of stone. frozen—literally, "is taken"; the particles take hold of one another so as to cohere. read more
31. sweet influences—the joy diffused by spring, the time when the Pleiades appear. The Eastern poets, Hafiz, Sadi, &c., describe them as "brilliant rosettes." GESENIUS translates: "bands" or "knot," which answers better the parallelism. But English Version agrees better with the Hebrew. The seven stars are closely "bound" together (see on Job 9:9). "Canst thou bind or loose the tie?" "Canst thou loose the bonds by which the constellation Orion (represented in the East as an impious giant... read more
32. Canst thou bring forth from their places or houses (Mazzaloth, :-, Margin; to which Mazzaroth here is equivalent) into the sky the signs of the Zodiac at their respective seasons—the twelve lodgings in which the sun successively stays, or appears, in the sky? Arcturus—Ursa Major. his sons?—the three stars in his tail. Canst thou make them appear in the sky? ( :-). The great and less Bear are called by the Arabs "Daughters of the Bier," the quadrangle being the bier, the three others the... read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 38:23
23. against the time of trouble—the time when I design to chastise men (Exodus 9:18; Joshua 10:11; Revelation 16:21; Isaiah 28:17; Psalms 18:12; Psalms 18:13; Haggai 2:17). read more