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Selected Verse: Job 36:31 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Job 36:31 |
Strong Concordance |
For by them judgeth [01777] he the people [05971]; he giveth [05414] meat [0400] in abundance [04342]. |
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King James |
For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| 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; Job 38:23, Job 38:27; Act 14:17). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
For by them judgeth he the people - By means of the clouds, the rain, the dew, the tempest, and the thunderbolt. The idea seems to be, that he makes use of all these to execute his purposes on mankind. He can either make them the means of imparting blessings, or of inflicting the severest, judgments. He can cause the tornado to sweep over the earth; he can arm the forked lightning against the works of art; he can withhold rain and dew, and spread over a land the miseries of famine.
He giveth meat in abundance - That is, by the clouds, the dew, the rain. The idea is, that he can send timely showers if he chooses, and the earth will be clothed with plenty. All these things are under his control, and he can, as he pleases, make them the means of comfort to man, or of punishing him for his sins; compare Psa 65:11-13. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Judgeth - By thunder and lightning, and rain from the clouds, he executes his judgments against ungodly people. Meat - Giveth meat. By the same clouds, he provides plentiful showers dropping fatness on the earth. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
By them judgeth he the people - He makes storms, tempests, winds, hurricanes, tornadoes, thunder and lightning, drought and inundation, the instruments of his justice, to punish rebellious nations.
He giveth meat in abundance - Though by these he punishes offenders, yet through the same, as instruments, he provides for the wants of men and animals in general. Storms, tempests, and hurricanes, agitate the lower regions of the atmosphere, disperse noxious vapours, and thus render it fit for respiration; and without these it would soon become a stagnant, putrid, and deadly mass, in which neither animals could live, nor vegetables thrive. And by dews, rains, snows, frosts, winds, cold, and heat, he fructifies the earth, and causes it to bring forth abundantly, so that every thing living is filled with plenteousness. Some critics translate this latter clause thus: - He passeth sentence amain. I cannot see this meaning in the original words. Not one of the versions has so understood them; nor does this translation, supposing even that the Hebrew would bear it, give so fine and so elegant an idea as that of the common version. I always feel reluctant to give a sense in any case that is not supported in some of its parts by any of the ancient versions, and more especially when it is contrary to the whole of them; and still more particularly when opposed to the Arabic, which in the Book of Job, containing so many Arabisms, I consider to be of very great importance. |
17 Nevertheless [2544] [2532] he left [863] not [3756] himself [1438] without witness [267], in that he did good [15], and gave [1325] us [2254] rain [5205] from heaven [3771], and [2532] fruitful [2593] seasons [2540], filling [1705] our [2257] hearts [2588] with food [5160] and [2532] gladness [2167].
27 To satisfy [07646] the desolate [07722] and waste [04875] ground; and to cause the bud [04161] of the tender herb [01877] to spring forth [06779]?
23 Which I have reserved [02820] against the time [06256] of trouble [06862], against the day [03117] of battle [07128] and war [04421]?
13 He causeth it to come [04672], whether for correction [07626], or for his land [0776], or for mercy [02617].
29 Also can any understand [0995] the spreadings [04666] of the clouds [05645], or the noise [08663] of his tabernacle [05521]?
11 Thou crownest [05849] the year [08141] with thy goodness [02896]; and thy paths [04570] drop [07491] fatness [01880].
12 They drop [07491] upon the pastures [04999] of the wilderness [04057]: and the little hills [01389] rejoice [01524] on every side [02296].
13 The pastures [03733] are clothed [03847] with flocks [06629]; the valleys [06010] also are covered over [05848] with corn [01250]; they shout for joy [07321], they also sing [07891].