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"Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?
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The Ocean's Hidden Depths
God asks Job if he has explored the deepest parts of the ocean—its springs and hidden recesses. Commentators explain this highlights a realm completely inaccessible and unknown to humans. This physical limitation serves as a powerful illustration of the vast gap between human knowledge and God's omniscience, who alone knows the secrets of creation.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Have you entered into the springs of the sea? The word translated “springs” (נבך nêbek) occurs nowhere else in th…
19th Century
Anglican
The search of the depth — that is, the secret recesses of it. The “springs of the sea” are rather, perhaps, the mazes, intrica…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Have you entered into the springs of the sea? or the subterraneous passages through which the waters flow into the s…
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The Lord questions Job, to convince him of his ignorance, and shame him for his folly in prescribing to God. If we examine ourselves in this way, w…
13th Century
Catholic
After the Lord has listed the principal parts of physical creation—that is, earth, sea, and sky—He begins here with the wonders of divine works tha…
