Job 38:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּֽעַן־יְהוָ֣ה אֶת־אִ֭יּוֹב מִ֥ן ׀ הַסְּעָרָ֗ה וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

Transliteration

And-yayan-YHWH et-ʾiyyôb from the-səʿārâ and-yōʾmar.

Grammar Details

• *wə-*: conjunction - and/but/then
• *yayan*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - he answered
• *YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/LORD
• *et*: direct object marker
• *ʾiyyôb*: proper noun - Job
• *min*: preposition - from/out of
• *səʿārâ*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - whirlwind/storm/tempest
• *yōʾmar*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - he said

Word Meanings

• *səʿārâ*: whirlwind/tempest/storm
• *yayan*: answered/responded
• *yōʾmar*: said/spoke/declared

Referenced Verses

• Job 40:6 : 6 Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
• Ezek 1:4 : 4 And I looked, and, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with a fire infolding itself, and a brightness round about it, and out of the midst thereof as it were glowing metal, out of the midst of the fire.
• Nah 1:3 : 3 Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear [the guilty]: Jehovah hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
• Exod 19:16-19 : 16 And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled. 17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. 18 And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. 19 And when the voice of the trumpet waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
• Deut 4:11-12 : 11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness. 12 And Jehovah spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of words, but ye saw no form; only [ye heard] a voice.
• Deut 5:22-24 : 22 These words Jehovah spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them unto me. 23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; 24 and ye said, Behold, Jehovah our God hath showed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth speak with man, and he liveth.
• 1 Kgs 19:11 : 11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before Jehovah. And, behold, Jehovah passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before Jehovah; but Jehovah was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but Jehovah was not in the earthquake:
• 2 Kgs 2:1 : 1 And it came to pass, when Jehovah would take up Elijah by a whirlwind into heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
• 2 Kgs 2:11 : 11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, [there appeared] a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, which parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
• Job 37:1-2 : 1 Yea, at this my heart trembleth, And is moved out of its place. 2 Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, And the sound that goeth out of his mouth.
• Job 37:9 : 9 Out of the chamber [of the south] cometh the storm, And cold out of the north.
• Job 37:14 : 14 Hearken unto this, O Job: Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.