A Commentary Upon the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocrypha: Genesis to CanticlesS. Bagster, 1809 |
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... soul . ] Suffer me then to speak freely , and to give vent to my grief , by complain- ing a little of the inexpressible miseries which oppress me . Ver . 12. Am I a sea , or a whale , that thou settest a watch over me ? ] Am I like a ...
... soul . ] Suffer me then to speak freely , and to give vent to my grief , by complain- ing a little of the inexpressible miseries which oppress me . Ver . 12. Am I a sea , or a whale , that thou settest a watch over me ? ] Am I like a ...
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... soul is weary of my life , I will leave my ty , but it fled away swifter than a post ; and there is not the least footstep of it remaining . : D. Ver . 26. They are passed away as the swift ships ; as the eagle that hasteth to the prey ...
... soul is weary of my life , I will leave my ty , but it fled away swifter than a post ; and there is not the least footstep of it remaining . : D. Ver . 26. They are passed away as the swift ships ; as the eagle that hasteth to the prey ...
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... soul within bim shall mourn . But while he is in flesh he cannot but be in pain for them , and his soul is inwardly grieved to see their misery . CHAP . XV . THE ARGUMENT . - In this chapter Eliphaz renews the dispute with more ...
... soul within bim shall mourn . But while he is in flesh he cannot but be in pain for them , and his soul is inwardly grieved to see their misery . CHAP . XV . THE ARGUMENT . - In this chapter Eliphaz renews the dispute with more ...
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... soul were in my soul's stead , I could beap up words against you , and shake mine bead at you . ] I could insult as well as you ; and , if we could change conditions , let you see how easy it would be to oppress you with such words as ...
... soul were in my soul's stead , I could beap up words against you , and shake mine bead at you . ] I could insult as well as you ; and , if we could change conditions , let you see how easy it would be to oppress you with such words as ...
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... soul , and which he had hitherto wanted ) , that God would at last take pity upon him , and shew his friends their error , by restoring him to his former health and splendour . That seems to be the literal meaning of the 25th and 26th ...
... soul , and which he had hitherto wanted ) , that God would at last take pity upon him , and shew his friends their error , by restoring him to his former health and splendour . That seems to be the literal meaning of the 25th and 26th ...
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Page iii - 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 163 - And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba : prayer also shall be made for him continually ; and daily shall he be praised. 16 There shall be a handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains ; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon : and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
Page 120 - Why art thou cast down, 0 my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me ? Hope thou in God ; for I shall yet praise him for the help of his. countenance.
Page 451 - For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Page 275 - Because thou hast asked this thing and hast not asked for thyself long life, neither hast asked riches for thyself nor hast asked the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern...
Page 426 - Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
Page 408 - And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven : this sore travail hath GOD given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
Page 359 - If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain ; if thou sayest, "Behold, we knew it not;" doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Page 417 - A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing...
Page 163 - His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun : And men shall be blessed in him : all nations shall call him blessed.