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Job 38:1

Job
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

2 “Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?

3 Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
KJV
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
WEB
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind,
ASV
Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
DARBY
And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
BLB
And YHWH answered Job out of the whirlwind, and He said:
ÅB
Og Herren svarte Job ut av et stormvær og sa:
OTB
Da talte Herren til Job ut av stormen og sa:
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Og Herren svarte Job ut av et stormvær og sa:

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 40:6

    Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

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  • 2 Kings 2:11

    As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.

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  • Job 37:1–2

    “At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place.

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  • Exodus 19:16–19

    On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

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  • 1 Kings 19:11

    Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

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  • Deuteronomy 4:11–12

    You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.

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  • 2 Kings 2:1

    Shortly before the LORD took Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal,

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  • Ezekiel 1:4

    I looked and saw a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the center of the fire was a gleam like amber,

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