Job 37:9

Job 37:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
• English Standard Version (ESV)From its chamber comes the whirlwind, and cold from the scattering winds.
• New King James Version (NKJV)From the chamber of the south comes the whirlwind, And cold from the scattering winds of the north.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The stormy wind comes from its chamber, and the driving winds bring the cold.

Context of Job 37:9

7So that everyone he has made may know his work, he stops all people from their labor. 8The animals take cover; they remain in their dens. The tempest comes out from its chamber, the cold from the driving winds. 10The breath of God produces ice, and the broad waters become frozen. 11He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through them.

Job 37:9 word by word

מִן־הַ֭חֶדֶר תָּב֣וֹא סוּפָ֑ה וּֽמִמְּזָרִ֥ים קָרָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Out of the southחֶ֫דֶרcheder · chamberH2315
• comethבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• the whirlwindסוּפָהsûphâh · whirlwindH5492
• and coldקָרָהqârâh · coldH7135
• out of the northמְזָרֶהmezâreh · scattering windH4215

Cross-references for Job 37:9

• Job 9:9He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
• Psalms 104:3and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind.
• Job 38:1Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:
• Isaiah 21:1A prophecy against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the southland, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.
• Zechariah 9:14Then the Lord will appear over them; his arrow will flash like lightning. The Sovereign Lord will sound the trumpet; he will march in the storms of the south,

Commentaries on Job 37:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Out of the south cometh the whirlwind - See the note on Job 9:9. What is rendered south here, is there rendered chambers. Mr. Good translates here, the utmost zone. The Chaldee: - "From the supreme chamber the commotion shall come; and from the cataracts of Arcturus the cold." What the whirlwind, סופה suphah, is, we know not. It might have been a wind peculiar to that district; and it is very possible that it was a scorching wind, something like the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Out of the south - Margin, “chamber.” Jerome, “ab interioribus - from the interior,” or “inner places.” Septuagint, ̓ ́ ek taueiōn - “from their chambers issue sorrows” - ̓́ othunas The Hebrew word used here (חדר cheder ) denotes properly “an apartment,” or “chamber,” especially an inner apartment, or a chamber in the interior of a house or tent: Genesis 43:30; Judges 16:9, Judges 16:12. Hence, it means a bed-chamber, 2 Samuel 4:7, or a female apartment…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. south--literally, "chambers"; connected with the south (Job 9:9). The whirlwinds are poetically regarded as pent up by God in His southern chambers, whence He sends them forth (so Job 38:22; Psa 135:7). As to the southern whirlwinds (see Is 21:1; Zec 9:14), they drive before them burning sands; chiefly from February to May. the north--literally, "scattering"; the north wind scatters the clouds.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