30Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
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Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? …
And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? …
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. …
Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 24-33)Elihu is here endeavouring to possess Job with great and high thoughts of God, and so to persuade him into a cheerful submission to his providence. I. He represents the work of God, in general, as illustrious and conspicuous, Job 36:24. His whole work is so. God does nothing mean. This is a good reason why we should acquiesce in all the operations of his providence concerning us in particular. His…
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