| Geneva Study Bible How thy garments are {n} warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind? (n) Why your clothes should keep you warm when the south wind blows rather than when any other wind blows? Wesley's Notes 37:17 Quieteth - The air about the earth. From the south - By the sun's coming into the southern parts, which makes the air quiet and warm. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 17. thy garments, &c.-that is, dost thou know how thy body grows warm, so as to affect thy garments with heat? south wind-literally, "region of the south." "When He maketh still (and sultry) the earth (that is, the atmosphere) by (during) the south wind" (So 4:16). Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 37:14-20 Due thoughts of the works of God will help to reconcile us to all his providences. As God has a powerful, freezing north wind, so he has a thawing, composing south wind: the Spirit is compared to both, because he both convinces and comforts, So 4:16. The best of men are much in the dark concerning the glorious perfections of the Divine nature and the Divine government. Those who, through grace, know much of God, know nothing, in comparison with what is to be known, and of what will be known, when that which is perfect is come. |