Job 38:1 Cross References - ISV

¹ The LORD Speaks to JobThe LORD responded to Job from the whirlwind and said:

¹⁶ The LORD Appears on Mount SinaiWhen morning came on the third day, there was thunder and lightning, with a heavy cloud over the mountain, and the very loud sound of a ram’s horn. All the people in the camp trembled. ¹⁷ Moses brought the people from the camp to meet God, and they stood at the base of the mountain. ¹⁸ Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke because the LORD had come down in fire on it. Smoke went up from it like smoke from a kiln, and the whole mountain shook violently. ¹⁹ As the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses would speak and God would answer with thunder.

¹¹ Moses Warns against Idolatry“When you approached and stood at the foot of the mountain—a mountain that was blazing with fire at its core while the sky was covered with thick, dark clouds— ¹² the LORD your God spoke from the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, but you saw no form; there was only a voice.

²² Moses Recalls God’s Warnings“The LORD declared these commands in a loud voice to your entire assembly on the mountain from out of the fire and dark clouds, and nothing more was added. He inscribed them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. ²³ When you heard the voice from the darkness while the mountain was blazing, all the leaders and elders of your tribes came to me and said: ²⁴ ‘The LORD our God truly has displayed his glory and power, for we heard him from out of the fire today. We have witnessed how God spoke to human beings, yet they lived.

¹¹ “Go out,” he responded, “and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD.” And there was the LORD, passing by! A tremendous, mighty windstorm was tearing at the mountains and breaking the rocks in pieces in the presence of the LORD, but the LORD was not in the windstorm. After the wind there came an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

¹ Elijah is Taken to HeavenAs the time drew near when the LORD was about to take Elijah to heaven in a wind storm, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal.

¹¹ As they continued on, talking as they went, suddenly chariots blazing with fire and pulled by fiery horses appeared, separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended in a wind storm to heaven!

¹ Elihu Concludes His Argument “Now I’ll conclude with this: my heart is trembling violently; it feels like it’s about to leap from my body! ² Listen carefully to his thundering voice; to the sound that rumbles from his mouth.

⁹ “From the south, a whirlwind proceeds, out of the icy north winds.

¹⁴ Elihu Challenges Job to Pay Attention“Pay attention to this, Job! Stand still, and consider the wondrous attributes of God.

⁶ The LORD Continues to Interrogate JobThe LORD answered Job from the wind storm and told him:

⁴ I was amazed to see a wind storm blow in from the north, consisting of a massive cloud and fire that was flashing back and forth, surrounded by bright light. From deep within the cloud, something was shining that appeared to have a color like bronze that had been placed in fire until it glowed.

³ The LORD is slow to anger and powerful, and he will never let the guilty go unpunished. The LORD’s path is in the windstorm and hurricane; thunderclouds are dust beneath his feet.