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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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Albert Barnes
On Job 38:16
18th Century
Theologian
Have you entered into the springs of the sea? The word translated “springs” (נבך nêbek) occurs nowhere else in th…
Charles Ellicott
On Job 38:16
19th Century
Bishop
The search of the depth — that is, the secret recesses of it. The “springs of the sea” are rather, perhaps, the mazes, intrica…
John Gill
On Job 38:16
17th Century
Pastor
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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Matthew Henry
On Job 38:12–24
17th Century
Minister
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…