Bible Strands
Job 37:17
You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Elihu addresses Job within a discourse on atmospheric phenomena, placing this observation between direct questions about cloud suspension and sky-firming.
The words — חַמִּ֑ים (cha.Mim) means "[are] hot," and בְּ/הַשְׁקִ֥ט (be./hash.Kit) translates to "when/ is still."
The thread — The passage links to Job 6:17, which describes streams vanishing in dry heat; Job 38:31, which questions human capacity to bind the Pleiades; and Psalms 147:18, which records God melting ice and unleashing winds to move waters.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge human limitation regarding natural forces and to recognize the Creator’s direct authority over weather patterns.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
Cross-references
- Job 6:17 but ceasing in the dry season and vanishing from their channels in the heat.
- Job 38:31 Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?
- Psalms 147:18 He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.
- Luke 12:55 And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is.