Job 38:1

Job 38:1

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

a. NLT: Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind: 

b. NIV: Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:

c. YLT: And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --

d. Amplified Bible Classic: Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

e. Septuagint: And after Elius had ceased from speaking, the Lord spoke to Job through the whirlwind and clouds, [saying],

f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: HASHEM then responded to Job from out of the whirlwind, and said

1. “Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said”

a. Then the LORD [3068 * Yhovah] [Strong: from 1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God:--Jehovah, the Lord.]

b. answered [6030 * `anah] [Strong: a primitive root; properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extens. to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce:--give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, X scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness.]

c. Job [347 * 'Iyowb] [Strong: from 340; hated (i.e. persecuted); Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience:--Job.]

d. out of the whirlwind [5591 * ca`ar; or (feminine) ctarah] [Strong: from 5590; a hurricane:--storm(-y), tempest, whirlwind.]

e. and said [559 * 'amar] [Strong: a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude):--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.]

1). Job asked earlier in his testimony for God to answer him, and so now he got his request.

a). Job 31:35  Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.