Popular Commentary of the Bible: The poetical and the prophetical booksConcordia Publishing House, 1924 |
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... fact did not really justify his untamed sorrow , his foolish raving . His better knowledge told him that he should not indulge his grief , but the unequaled greatness of his misery drove his tongue to the complaint which he made . V. 4 ...
... fact did not really justify his untamed sorrow , his foolish raving . His better knowledge told him that he should not indulge his grief , but the unequaled greatness of his misery drove his tongue to the complaint which he made . V. 4 ...
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... fact ; yea , I would harden myself in sor- row . Let Him not spare , rather , " I would leap up in unsparing pain , " due to its excessive force which promised him no respite ; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One . The fact ...
... fact ; yea , I would harden myself in sor- row . Let Him not spare , rather , " I would leap up in unsparing pain , " due to its excessive force which promised him no respite ; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One . The fact ...
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... fact which hinders them in fighting . V. 22. He discovereth deep things out of darkness and bringeth out to light ... fact that Job had this knowledge and in view of the fact that it seemed folly to speak to his friends in their present ...
... fact which hinders them in fighting . V. 22. He discovereth deep things out of darkness and bringeth out to light ... fact that Job had this knowledge and in view of the fact that it seemed folly to speak to his friends in their present ...
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... fact that men lived on the earth and that rocks were given their place for rest- ing , so little could he change the fact that suffering was sent as a punishment for crimes of every kind . Just as little as he could ex- pect everything ...
... fact that men lived on the earth and that rocks were given their place for rest- ing , so little could he change the fact that suffering was sent as a punishment for crimes of every kind . Just as little as he could ex- pect everything ...
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... fact that Job had been stripped of all he had . V. 21. There shall none of his meat be left , literally , " there is nothing remaining to his food , " that is , nothing escaped his greediness ; therefore shall no man look for his goods ...
... fact that Job had been stripped of all he had . V. 21. There shall none of his meat be left , literally , " there is nothing remaining to his food , " that is , nothing escaped his greediness ; therefore shall no man look for his goods ...
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Page 312 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most High.
Page 372 - For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Page 181 - For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Page 61 - Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Page 20 - As the waters fail from the sea, And the flood decayeth and drieth up : So man lieth down, and riseth not. Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be raised out of their sleep.
Page 415 - Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
Page 352 - Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Page 210 - He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Page 148 - I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
Page 355 - He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench : he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth : and the isles shall wait for his law.