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Job 37:17

Job 37:17
How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind? One should think there is no great difficulty in accounting for this, that a man's clothes should be warm, and he so hot as not…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

How thy garments are warm - What is the reason that the garments which we wear produce warmth? This, it would seem, was one of the philosophical questions which were asked at that time, and which it…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

How thy garments are warm - What are warmth and cold? How difficult this question! Is heat incontestably a substance, and is cold none? I am afraid we are in the dark on both these subjects. The…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 37:14-20

Elihu here addresses himself closely to Job, desiring him to apply what he had hitherto said to himself. He begs that he would hearken to this discourse (Job 37:14), that he would pause awhile: Stand…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

how thy garments are warm Rather perhaps, thou Whose garments are warm, when the earth is still because of the south wind. Job 37:15 referred to the storm cloud; Job 37:16-17 refer rather to the…

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