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Job 37:9
The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Elihu addresses Job and the surrounding audience while describing the onset of a violent storm. He speaks during his discourse on God's majesty and the natural world's immediate response to divine authority.
The words — The Hebrew סוּפָה (sufah) denotes a storm-wind that emerges from its designated chamber. The term קָרָה (qarah) refers to the coldness that arrives separately from the driving north winds.
The thread — The storm-wind imagery connects to Psalms 104:3, which describes clouds as a chariot and wind as wings. Isaiah 21:1 uses whirlwinds as a simile for an invading army sweeping through the Negev.
Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to observe the precise mechanics of the storm's arrival. It presents natural phenomena as direct responses to divine command rather than random occurrences.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
Cross-references
- Job 9:9 He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
- Psalms 104:3 laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.
- Isaiah 21:1 This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.
- Job 38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
- Zechariah 9:14 Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south.