Job 36:31 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³¹For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.

Job 36:31 —

Old words in this verse

meat: — food of any kind.

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 136:25
Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Job 37:13
He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
Acts 14:17
Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Psalms 104:13-15
He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. …
Job 38:26-27
To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; …

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God God Guidance Lord Majesty Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena Theology

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…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 31)

31. These (rain and lightnings) are marvellous and not to be understood (Job 36:29), yet necessary. “For by them He judgeth (chastiseth on the one hand), &c. (and on the other, by them) He giveth meat” (food), &c. (Job 37:13; 38:23, 27; Ac 14:17).