Chapter 26:
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Job 26
Job observes, that Bildad's discourse was foreign to the
matter, ver. 1-4. Enlarges on the power and greatness of God,
which yet are unsearchable, ver. 5-14.
Verse 4. To whom - For whose instruction hast thou uttered these
things? For mine? Dost thou think I do not know, that which the
meanest persons are not unacquainted with; that God is
incomparably greater and better than his creatures? Whose spirit -
Who inspired thee with this profound discourse of thine?
Verse 5. Dead things - Job having censured Bildad's discourse, proceeds
to shew how little he needed his information in that point. Here he
shews that the power and providences of God reaches not only to
the things we see, but also to the invisible parts of the world, not
only to the heavens above and their inhabitants, and to men upon
earth, of which Bildad discoursed, chap. xxv, 2, 3, but also to such
persons or things as are under the earth, or under the waters;
which are out of our sight and reach; yet not out of the ken of
Divine providence. These words may be understood; either,
1. of dead, or lifeless things, such as amber, pearl, coral, metals,
or other minerals, which are formed or brought forth; by the
almighty power of God, from under the waters; either in the
bottom of the sea, or within the earth, which is the lowest element,
and in the scripture and other authors spoken of as under the
waters; this being observed as a remarkable work of God's
providence, that the waters of the sea, which are higher than the
earth, do not overwhelm it. Or,
2. of dead men, and of the worst of them, such as died in their
sins, and after death were condemned to farther miseries; for of
such this very word seems to be used, Prov. ii, 18; ix, 18, who are
here said to mourn or groan from under the waters; from the lower
parts of the earth, or from under those subterranean waters, which
are supposed to be within and under the earth; Psalm xxxiii, 7,
and from under the inhabitants thereof; either of the waters or of
the earth, under which these waters are, or with the other
inhabitants thereof; of that place under the waters, namely, the
apostate spirits. So the sense is, that God's dominion is over all
men, yea, even the dead, and the worst of them, who though they
would not own God, nor his providence, while they lived, yet now
are forced to acknowledge and feel that power which they
despised, and bitterly mourn under the sad effects of it in their
infernal habitations.
Verse 6. Hell - Is in his presence, and under his providence. Hell itself,
that place of utter darkness, is not hid from his sight. Destruction -
The place of destruction.
Verse 7. North - The northern part of the heavens, which is put for the
whole visible heaven, because Job and his friends lived in a
northern climate. Nothing - Upon no props or pillars, but his own
power and providence.
Verse 9. Holdeth - From our view, that his glory may not dazzle our
sight; he covereth it with a cloud. Throne - The heaven of
heavens, where he dwelleth.
Verse 11. Pillars - Perhaps the mountains which by their height and
strength seem to reach and support the heavens. Astonished -
When God reproveth not them, but men by them, manifesting his
displeasure by thunders, or earthquakes.
Verse 14. Parts - But small parcels, the outside and visible work. Portion
- Of his power and wisdom, and providence. His Power - His
mighty power, is aptly compared to thunder; in regard of its
irresistible force, and the terror which it causes to wicked men.
Chapter 26:
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