22Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
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For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-24)The Lord here proceeds to ask Job many puzzling questions, to convince him of his ignorance, and so to shame him for his folly in prescribing to God. If we will but try ourselves with such interrogatories as these, we shall soon be brought to own that what we know is nothing in comparison with what we know not. Job is here challenged to give an account of six things:— I. Of the springs of the morn…
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