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2018 May 2

Composition with Animals (second half of 16^th century)
Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526-1593)
Mannerist Style
Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria
Image Source: Web Gallery of Art

[ Illustration: Today's image features two of the animals mentioned prominently in this chapter -- horses and deer -- depicting them in the dynamism and wildness which are mentioned in today's chapter. ]

SPECIAL NOTE:

[ I will again be working through the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation. I will be adding links, resources, images, and the like, upgrading the former work-through which began with the 2013-10-12 posting which can be found, along with the full Genesis to Revelation postings, in the Archive Page. Postings will be at midnight Eastern Time, as I am able. However, no chapters will be skipped, even though a posting may be late. And all postings will be housed in the Archive Page. ]

     Explanation: In Job 39 the LORD's answer to Job continues; and the focus is again on the mysteries of nature -- specifically the animal world. As in the previous chapter, the LORD shows Job that he lacks the wisdom and the power necessary to enter into a contest with God.
     In this chapter, the LORD instructs Job about his lack of understanding and power by bringing him lessons from the animal kingdom. He asks Job if he knows when the mountain goats or the deer bring forth their young, or how long their gestation periods are, or how they crouch or twist and bring forth their young. He informs Job that they grow strong; they live in the open; and they leave home and do not return -- all, by implication, without the knowledge or the aid of Job (1-4).
     He asks Job who set the wild donkey free and gave him a house in the wilderness and the salt plains. It scorns the tumult in the city and will not listen to the commands of the drover. Among these creatures Job has no authority or power (5-8).
     Nor does Job have the power to make the wild ox serve him and lodge in his manger. He cannot bind him or use him as a plow animal or for any other labor such as grinding grain (9-12).
     The ostrich does not have the wisdom to take constant care of its eggs which may be crushed by the foot or be broken by a wild beast. It can flee (from its nest) faster than a horse, but its eggs are still unprotected. The implication is that its lack of wisdom and understanding is from God, as is Job's lack of wisdom. Both are trapped in these potentially harmful, even deadly, deprivations (13-18).
     Next, the LORD, informs Job about the power of the horse. Its body and neck are strong. Job cannot frighten it the way he would frighten a grasshopper. It is glorious. It rejoices in its strength. It charges toward armed men without fear and without turning back. It swallows the ground with ferocity; and it smells the battle afar off. Though Job may have such courage, he does not have such power (19-25).
     Nor does Job have sufficient wisdom to teach the hawk how to fly. Nor does he have the authority to order the eagle to mount up at his command and to make her nest on high in the rugged strongholds from where she can see her prey afar off and give her young ones blood to suck up and slain warriors to eat (26-30).

     [ Sermons: Joseph Pipa. Various. ]

Bile Chronologies -- Genesis to Revelation

[Traditional Patriarchal Chronology. Judges Period Chronology 1. Judges Period Chronology 2. Kings of Judah and Israel #1. Kings of Judah and Israel #2].

[Post Exile Chronology 1. Post Exile Chronology 2. Post Exile Chronology 3.]

[Prophets Chronology 1. Prophets Chronology 2. Prophets Chronology 3. Prophets Chronology 4.]

[Intertestamental Period Chronology 1. Intertestamental Period Chronology 2. Intertestamental Period Chronology 3.
Intertestamental Period Chronology 4. Intertestamental Period Chronology 5.]

[New Testament Chronology 1. New Testament Chronology 2. New Testament Chronology 3. New Testament Chronology 4. New Testament Chronology 5.]

RESOURCES

PLEASE NOTE: Use the resources on this and other sites thoughtfully, particularly the commentaries and encyclopedias. I have attempted to list conservative, scholarly resources. However, some providers use liberal or liberal-influenced commentaries such as the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (in Bible Hub). Such commentaries are undoubtedly included by the provider for the wealth of useful information and comments which they provide. By consulting several commentaries, it should be fairly easy to sort out the wheat from the chaff. If, however, you would like personal assistance, write to me at AD LIB ARTS EMAIL.

          [ THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: Job 39: Job 38; Job 40; Job 41; Job 42. ]
[1] Psalm 104:18; Psalm 29:9; Jeremiah 14:5.
[2] Job 24:5.
[9] Numbers 23:22.
[19] Psalm 147:10.
[30] Ezekiel 39:17-19; Matthew 24:28; Luke 17:37.
     -- From Treasury of Scripture Knowledge ]

          [ CHRONOLOGY: GENERAL. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ]

          [ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ]

          [ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

          [ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Genevan Psalter (Instrumental). VARIOUS ARTISTS: Micha'el Ben David. Sons of Korah. Fernando Ortega. Janet Isaac Morrison. Music of the Bible Revealed - Suzanne Haik-Vantoura. Dr. David Erb. Gregorian Chants. ]

HARMONY OF THE LAW

John Calvin - CCEL | Analytical Chart - BLB

GOSPEL HARMONIES

Gospel Harmony - Summary | The Harmony of the Gospels - Augustine | Gospel Harmony Chart - Online Bible

Greek Harmony of the Gospels - Robertson - (Downloadable PDF) | Gospel Harmony in English - Robertson - (Downloadable PDF)

HEBREW AND GREEK INTERLINEAR BIBLES

Hebrew and Greek Interlinear Download - Scripture 4 All

Bible Hub Interlinear Hebrew and Greek Bible

Bible Hub Hebrew Interlinear | Scripture 4 All Hebrew Interlinear

Mounce Interlinear | Bible Hub Greek Interlinear | Scripture 4 All Greek Interlinear Bible

Job Detailed Outline

The Book of Job

(THE JUSTICE AND THE WISDOM OF THE COVENANT GOD)

2085 B.C., Uz

The wisdom and blessing of exercising faith during undeserved suffering

Job 39

Map 1: Bible Nations | Map 2: Empire of David and Solomon Map 3: Kingdoms of Judah and Israel | Post Exile Chronology.

3. The Blessed Outcome of Job's Affliction (Job 38:1 - Job 42:17)

A. He Becomes Humbled (Job 38:1 - Job 42:6)

1. The First Step (Job 38:1 - Job 40:5)

a. The LORD's First Reply (Job 38:1 - Job 40:2)

(Your words are without knowledge. You do not know even the things of Earth, and you cannot control even the things of Earth.)

     ¹ Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? ² Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? ³ They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows. ⁴ Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
     ⁵ Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? ⁶ Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. ⁷ He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. ⁸ The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
     ⁹ Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? ¹⁰ Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? ¹¹ Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? ¹² Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
     ¹³ Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? ¹⁴ Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, ¹⁵ And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. ¹⁶ She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear; ¹⁷ Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding. ¹⁸ What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
     ¹⁹ Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? ²⁰ Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. ²¹ He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. ²² He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. ²³ The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. ²⁴ He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. ²⁵ He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

²⁶ Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south? ²⁷ Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high [makes high its nest]? ²⁸ She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. ²⁹ From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. ³⁰ Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.

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