The Book of Job: A Translation from the Original Hebrew on the Basis of the Common and Earlier English Versions with an Introduction and Explanatory Notes for the English ReaderAmerican Bible Union, 1856 - 85 pages |
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Page iv
... whole Bible in 1560. This practice has greatly obscured the meaning of the sacred text , by presenting it to the eye in minute fragments , thus dissevering parts the most intimately connected , as though they had no manner of relation ...
... whole Bible in 1560. This practice has greatly obscured the meaning of the sacred text , by presenting it to the eye in minute fragments , thus dissevering parts the most intimately connected , as though they had no manner of relation ...
Page v
... whole in connection with each . For the same reason , the subject of the inspiration of these books belongs properly to the General Introduction . † The authority of a writing , claimed to be divine , does not in any case rest on the ...
... whole in connection with each . For the same reason , the subject of the inspiration of these books belongs properly to the General Introduction . † The authority of a writing , claimed to be divine , does not in any case rest on the ...
Page vii
... dealt with according to their deserts . The strong - handed preys on the weak ; he wrongs the widow and fatherless ; grows rich on the unrequited toil of the poor ; desolates whole cities and possesses himself of their INTRODUCTION . vii.
... dealt with according to their deserts . The strong - handed preys on the weak ; he wrongs the widow and fatherless ; grows rich on the unrequited toil of the poor ; desolates whole cities and possesses himself of their INTRODUCTION . vii.
Page viii
... whole cities and possesses himself of their treasures . Yet God suffers him to live unvisited by his judgments ; his children grow up wantoning in luxury and pleasure ; and at length he dies in ease and plenty , and is laid with ...
... whole cities and possesses himself of their treasures . Yet God suffers him to live unvisited by his judgments ; his children grow up wantoning in luxury and pleasure ; and at length he dies in ease and plenty , and is laid with ...
Page ix
... whole best and safest for man . His question is , why are not crime and punishment connected in this world , with such uniformity and certainty as to deter men from sin ; and why are the good so treated as to confound the distinctions ...
... whole best and safest for man . His question is , why are not crime and punishment connected in this world , with such uniformity and certainty as to deter men from sin ; and why are the good so treated as to confound the distinctions ...
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abode affliction Almighty AMERICAN BIBLE UNION animals answered Job assertion Barachel beasts behold Bildad blessed book of Job breath cast clouds compare ch Compare Deut darkness death death-shade destruction divine government dost thou dust dwell earth Elihu Eliphaz evil expression eyes Ezek fear flesh God's gold guilt Hast thou heart heavens Hebrew hence hope human Infinite iniquity innocence Jehovah Job's judge justice Keturah light MARGINAL TRANSLATIONS meaning meant mouth Nahor namely nature night Old Testament ostrich patriarchal age perish Pleiads prey prosperity Prov rain reference regard righteous Satan Second member sense sentiment servant shalt Shuhite skin sons soul speak spirit strength suffering terrors thee things thou hast thou shouldst three friends thy hand thyself tion TRANSLATIONS AND READINGS truth turn under-world understanding unto verse wealth wicked Wilt thou wisdom womb words wrong Zophar
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Page 34 - My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death ; Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure. O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place!
Page 17 - Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Page 85 - So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
Page 42 - Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Page 5 - There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
Page 12 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: it stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God?
Page 5 - And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all : for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts.
Page 67 - Elihu saith, accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor ; for they are all the work of his hands.
Page 49 - DOMINION and fear are with him ; he maketh peace in his high places. Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
Page 65 - If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness; then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit ; I have found a ransom.