Christian Standard Bible
Job 38:23
23which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of warfare and battle?
Job 38:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
- New International Version (NIV)which I reserve for times of trouble, for days of war and battle?
- English Standard Version (ESV)which I have reserved for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Which I have reserved for the time of trouble, For the day of battle and war?
Context of Job 38:23
21Don’t you know? You were already born; you have lived so long! 22Have you entered the place where the snow is stored? Or have you seen the storehouses of hail, which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of warfare and battle? 24What road leads to the place where light is dispersed? Where is the source of the east wind that spreads across the earth? 25Who cuts a channel for the flooding rain or clears the way for lightning,
Read all of Job 38Job 38:23 word by word
אֲשֶׁר־חָשַׂ֥כְתִּי לְעֶת־צָ֑ר לְי֥וֹם קְ֝רָ֗ב וּמִלְחָמָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 38:23
- Job 36:31For he judges the nations with these; he gives food in abundance.
- Job 36:13Those who have a godless heart harbor anger; even when God binds them, they do not cry for help.
- Exodus 9:18Tomorrow at this time I will rain down the worst hail that has ever occurred in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.
- Joshua 10:11As they fled before Israel, the Lord threw large hailstones on them from the sky along the descent of Beth-horon all the way to Azekah, and they died. More of them died from the hail than the Israelites killed with the sword.
- Isaiah 30:30And the Lord will make the splendor of his voice heard and reveal his arm striking in angry wrath and a flame of consuming fire, in driving rain, a torrent, and hailstones.
- Ezekiel 13:11therefore, tell those plastering it with whitewash that it will fall. Torrential rain will come, and I will send hailstones plunging down, and a whirlwind will be released.
- Matthew 7:27The rain fell, the rivers rose, the winds blew and pounded that house, and it collapsed. It collapsed with a great crash.”
- Revelation 16:21Enormous hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds, fell from the sky on people, and they blasphemed God for the plague of hail because that plague was extremely severe.
Commentaries on Job 38:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23Reserved against the time of trouble - צר לעת leeth tsar, "to the season of strictness," i.e., the season when the earth is constringed or bound by the frost. Against the day of battle and war? - Hailstones being often employed as instruments of God's displeasure against his enemies, and the enemies of his people. There is probably an allusion here to the plague of hail sent on the Egyptians. See Exodus 9:23; (note), and the notes there, for more…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23Which I have reserved - As if they were carefully treasured up to be brought forth as they shall be needed. The idea is, that they were entirely under the direction of God. The time of trouble - Herder “the time of need.” The meaning probably is, that he had kept them in reserve for the time when he wished to bring calamity on his enemies, or that he made use of them to punish his foes; compare the notes at Job 36:31-33. Against the day of battle and war…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-24Verses 12-24 The Lord questions Job, to convince him of his ignorance, and shame him for his folly in prescribing to God. If we thus try ourselves, we shall soon be brought to own that what we know is nothing in comparison with what we know not. By the tender mercy of our God, the Day-spring from on high has visited us, to give light to those that sit in darkness, whose hearts are turned to it as clay to the seal, 2Co 4:6. God's way in the government of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-23God stores up snow and hail, like the deep seas and winds (Psalms 33:7; 135:7; Jeremiah 10:13; 51:16). God uses these elements as weapons through storms he sends on the day of war and battle (Job 36:32; Isaiah 30:30; Ezekiel 13:11–13; Revelation 16:21; for example, Joshua 10:11; Judges 5:20–21; 1 Samuel 7:10.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-3819-38. The marvels in heaven. "What is the way (to the place wherein) light dwelleth?" The origin of light and darkness. In Ge 1:3-5, 14-18, "light" is created distinct from, and previous to, light-emitting bodies, the luminaries of heaven.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 38
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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