Charles Ellicott Commentary Job 38:7

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Job 38:7

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Job 38:7

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?" — Job 38:7 (ASV)

The morning stars. —The context seems to suggest that by the stars are meant the angels entrusted with their guardianship, from where Milton has borrowed his conceptions. The magnificent sublimity of the expression and the thought needs no comment.