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John Gill's Exposition on Job 37:9
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Out of the south cometh the whirlwind, etc.] Or “from the chamber” f1283; 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 treasures; alluding to chambers where treasures are kept; or from the heavens, shut up and veiled around with clouds like a pavilion: but because we read of the chambers of the south, (<180909>Job 9:9); and the southern pole was like a secret chamber, shut up, unseen, and unknown very much to the ancients; hence we render it, and others interpret it, of the south; from whence in these countries came whirlwinds. Hence we read of the whirlwinds of the south, (<232101>Isaiah 21:1 <380914>Zechariah 9:14); and cold out of the north; cold freezing winds from thence; or “from the scatterers” f1284: Aben Ezra interprets them of stars, the same with the “Mazzaroth”, (<183832>Job 38:32); stars scattered about the Arctic or northern pole, as some: or rather the northern winds are designed which scatter the clouds, drive away rain, (<202523>Proverbs 25:23); and bring fair weather, (<183722>Job 37:22). Wherefore Mr. Broughton renders the word, “fair weather winds;” and, in a marginal note, “the scatterers of clouds f1285.”
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