SEV Biblia, Chapter 38:29
¿Del vientre de quién salió el hielo? Y la helada del cielo, ¿quién la engendró?
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Job 38:29
Verse 29. Out of whose womb came the ice? ] ICE is a solid, transparent, and brittle body, formed of water by means of cold. Some philosophers suppose that ice is only the re- establishment of water in its natural state; that the mere absence of fire is sufficient to account for this re- establishment; and that the fluidity of water is a real fusion, like that of metals exposed to the action of fire; and differing only in this, that a greater portion of fire is necessary to one than the other. Ice, therefore, is supposed to be the natural state of water; so that in its natural state water is solid, and becomes fluid only by the action of fire, as solid metallic bodies are brought into a state of fusion by the same means. Ice is lighter than water, its specific gravity being to that of water as eight to nine. This rarefaction of ice is supposed to be owing to the air- bubbles produced in water by freezing, and which, being considerably larger in proportion to the water frozen, render the body so much specifically lighter; hence ice always floats on water. The air-bubbles, during their production, acquire a great expansive power, so as to burst the containing vessels, be they ever so strong. See examples in the note on chap. xxxvii. 10. The hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? ] Hoar-frost is the congelation of dew, in frosty mornings, on the grass. It consists of an assemblage of little crystals of ice, which are of various figures, according to the different disposition of the vapours when met and condensed by the cold. Its production is owing to some laws with which we are not yet acquainted. Of this subject, after the lapse and experience of between two and three thousand years, we know about as much as Job did. And the question, What hath engendered the hoar-frost of heaven! is, to this hour, nearly as inexplicable to us as it was to him! Is it enough to say that hoar-frost is water deposited from the atmosphere at a low temperature, so as to produce congelation?
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 25-41 - Hitherto God had put questions to Job to show him his ignorance; no God shows his weakness. As it is but little that he knows, he ought no to arraign the Divine counsels; it is but little he can do, therefor he ought not to oppose the ways of Providence. See the all-sufficienc of the Divine Providence; it has wherewithal to satisfy the desire of every living thing. And he that takes care of the young ravens certainly will not be wanting to his people. This being but on instance of the Divine compassion out of many, gives us occasion to think how much good our God does, every day, beyond what we are awar of. Every view we take of his infinite perfections, should remind us of his right to our love, the evil of sinning against him, and our need of his mercy and salvation __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
מבטן 990 מי 4310 יצא 3318 הקרח 7140 וכפר 3713 שׁמים 8064 מי 4310 ילדו׃ 3205
