Job 37:22 (BSB)
Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.
Commentary on Job 37:22
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Job 37:21-24: Elihu here concludes his discourse with some short but great sayings concerning the glory of God, as that which he was himself impressed, and desired to impress others, with a holy awe of. He speaks concisely, and in haste, because, it should seem, he perceived that God was about to take the work into his own hands. 1.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Job 37:22: Fair weather cometh out of the north,.... Or "gold" (x), which some understand literally; this being found in northern climates as well as southern, as Pliny relates (y); particularly in Colchis and Scythia, which lay to the north of Palestine and Arabia; and is thought by a learned man (z) to be here intended: though to understand it figuratively of the serenity of the air...
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Job 37:22: Rather, "golden splendor." MAURER translates "gold." It is found in northern regions. But God cannot be "found out," because of His "Majesty" (Job 37:23). Thus the twenty-eighth chapter corresponds; English Version is simpler. the north--Brightness is chiefly associated with it (see on Job 23:9). Here, perhaps, because the north wind clears the air (Pro 25:23).
- Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Job 37:22: Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God [is] terrible majesty. (t) In Hebrew, gold, meaning fair weather and clear as gold.