The Meaning of Job 37:9 Explained

Job 37:9

KJV: Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.

YLT: From the inner chamber cometh a hurricane, And from scatterings winds -- cold,

Darby: From the chamber of the south cometh the whirlwind; and cold from the winds of the north.

ASV: Out of the chamber of the south cometh the storm, And cold out of the north.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Out of the south  cometh  the whirlwind:  and cold  out of the north. 

What does Job 37:9 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 37:1-24 - The Light In The Clouds
As Elihu spoke a thunder-storm was gathering, and much of the imagery of this chapter is suggested by that fact. The little group listened to the sound of God's voice in the thunder. Peal followed peal without cessation, Job 37:4. The lightly-falling snow and the drenching showers are alike His work, whether they restrain men from their labor in the fields or drive the beasts to their dens, Job 37:8. From the storm Elihu turns naturally to the winter, with its ice and snow, and the frost that binds up the flow of the streams, Job 37:10. All these perform God's bidding in the earth.
How little we know of atmospheric phenomena! Why the north and south winds blow, what is the real nature of the azure, and what the red and gold of the northern lights! We cannot find out the Almighty. He is great and glorious, and cannot be unjust. But let us be more eager to look for the bright light in the clouds. It is always there. A rainbow for every storm; an arbor for every difficult hill; a sure hiding-place in every tempest. Such is Jesus to all who love and trust Him. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 37

1  God is to be feared because of his great works
15  His wisdom is unsearchable in them

What do the individual words in Job 37:9 mean?

From the chamber [of the south] comes the whirlwind and from the scattering winds [of the north] cold
מִן־ הַ֭חֶדֶר תָּב֣וֹא סוּפָ֑ה וּֽמִמְּזָרִ֥ים קָרָֽה

הַ֭חֶדֶר  the  chamber  [of  the  south] 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֶדֶר  
Sense: chamber, room, parlour, innermost or inward part, within.
תָּב֣וֹא  comes 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
סוּפָ֑ה  the  whirlwind 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: סוּפָה 
Sense: storm-wind.
וּֽמִמְּזָרִ֥ים  and  from  the  scattering  winds  [of  the  north] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מְזָרִים  
Sense: scatterer.
קָרָֽה  cold 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: קָרָה  
Sense: cold.

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