The storm rolls in. God asks Job about creation, wild animals, the sea, the stars, Behemoth, Leviathan. Then Job stops talking. Then Job says the line that turns the book.

In this letter

- God's speech in chapters 38-39 — question after question

- The sea as a swaddled infant in God's hands

- The stars, the depths, the gates of death

- The wild animals of chapter 39

- Behemoth and Leviathan in chapters 40-41

- Job's two responses — silence, then seeing

- The Hebrew shift from shama (hear) to ra'ah (see)

Scripture — Job 38-42

Hebrew word studies

- sa'arah — whirlwind, storm, tempest

- shama — to hear, listen

- ra'ah — to see, perceive

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