English Standard Version
Job 37:17
17you whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind?
Job 37:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
- New International Version (NIV)You who swelter in your clothes when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Why are your garments hot, When He quiets the earth by the south wind?
- New Living Translation (NLT)When you are sweltering in your clothes and the south wind dies down and everything is still,
Context of Job 37:17
15Do you know how God lays his command upon them and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine? 16Do you know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge, you whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind? 18Can you, like him, spread out the skies, hard as a cast metal mirror? 19Teach us what we shall say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of darkness.
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אֲשֶׁר־בְּגָדֶ֥יךָ חַמִּ֑ים בְּהַשְׁקִ֥ט אֶ֝֗רֶץ מִדָּרֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 37:17
- Job 6:17When they melt, they disappear; when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
- Job 38:31"Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loose the cords of Orion?
- Psalms 147:18He sends out his word, and melts them; he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.
- Luke 12:55And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be scorching heat,' and it happens.
Commentaries on Job 37:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17How thy garments are warm - What are warmth and cold? How difficult this question! Is heat incontestably a substance, and is cold none? I am afraid we are in the dark on both these subjects. The existence of caloric, as a substance, is supposed to be demonstrated. Much, satisfactorily, has been said on this subject; but is it yet beyond doubt? I fear not. But supposing this question to be set at rest, is it demonstrated that cold is only a quality, the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17How thy garments are warm - What is the reason that the garments which we wear produce warmth? This, it would seem, was one of the philosophical questions which were asked at that time, and which it was difficult to explain. Perhaps it has never occurred to most persons to ask this apparently simple question, and if the inquiry were proposed to them, plain as it seems to be, they would find it as difficult to give an answer as Elihu supposed it would be…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-20Verses 14-20 Due thoughts of the works of God will help to reconcile us to all his providences. As God has a powerful, freezing north wind, so he has a thawing, composing south wind: the Spirit is compared to both, because he both convinces and comforts, So 4:16. The best of men are much in the dark concerning the glorious perfections of the Divine nature and the Divine government. Those who, through grace, know much of God, know nothing, in comparison…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17The hot south wind made it very hot and uncomfortable.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. thy garments, &c.--that is, dost thou know how thy body grows warm, so as to affect thy garments with heat? south wind--literally, "region of the south." "When He maketh still (and sultry) the earth (that is, the atmosphere) by (during) the south wind" (So 4:16).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 37
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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