John Gill's Exposition on Job 37:18

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Hast thou with him spread out the sky? etc.] Wast thou concerned with him at the first spreading out of the sky? wast thou an assistant to him in it? did he not spread it as a curtain or canopy about himself, without the help of another? verily he did; (see <180908>Job 9:8) (<234424>Isaiah 44:24); [which] is strong: for though it seems a fluid and thin, is very firm and strong, as appears by what it bears, and are contained in it; and therefore is called “the firmament of his power”, (<19F001>Psalm 150:1); [and] as a molten looking glass; clear and transparent, like the looking glasses of the women, made of molten brass, (<023808>Exodus 38:8); and firm and permanent f1291; and a glass this is in which the glory of God, and his divine perfections, is to be seen; and is one of the wondrous works of God, made for the display of his own glory, and the benefit of men, (<191901>Psalm 19:1). Or this may respect the spreading out a clear serene sky, and smoothing it after it has been covered and ruffled with storms and tempests; which is such a wonderful work of God, that man has no hand in.

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