Passage Research
Job 38 — Sermon Preparation
God answers Job out of the whirlwind with a torrent of unanswerable questions — Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Below is a research summary for Job 38, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 9
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Job 38 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יָדַע | yâdaʻ | H3045 | 7 | know, seeing |
| שׂוּם | sûwm | H7760 | 4 | put |
| אוֹר | ʼôwr | H216 | 3 | illumination, luminary |
| שָׁמַיִם | shâmayim | H8064 | 3 | sky, aloft |
| יָלַד | yâlad | H3205 | 3 | bear young, beget |
| לְבוּשׁ | lᵉbûwsh | H3830 | 2 | garment, wife |
| תְּהוֹם | tᵉhôwm | H8415 | 2 | abyss, deep |
How preachers through history handled this text
9 public-domain excerpts on Job 38, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Hitherto God had put questions to Job to show him his ignorance; now God shows his weakness. As it is but little that he knows, he ought not to arraign the Divine counsels; it is but little he can do, therefore he ought not to oppose the ways of Providence. See the all-sufficiency of the Divine Providence; it has wherewithal to satisfy the desire of every living thing. And he that takes care of the young ravens, certainly will not be wanting to his people. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Job 38:25–41 (Public Domain)
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