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Job 37:9

Job 37:9
Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Out of the south cometh the whirlwind,.... Or "from the chamber" (n); from the chamber of the cloud, as Ben Gersom, from the inside of it; or from the treasury of God, who bringeth the wind out of his…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Out of the south - Margin, “chamber.” Jerome, “ab interioribus - from the interior,” or “inner places.” Septuagint, ἐκ ταυείων ek taueiōn - “from their chambers issue sorrows” - ὀωύνας othunas.…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Out of the south cometh the whirlwind - See the note on Job 9:9. What is rendered south here, is there rendered chambers. Mr. Good translates here, the utmost zone. The Chaldee: - "From the supreme…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 37:6-13

The changes and extremities of the weather, wet or dry, hot or cold, are the subject of a great deal of our common talk and observation; but how seldom do we think and speak of these things, as Elihu…

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