 | 1837 - 852 pages
...voice, and wept ; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. d to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt w am none spake a word unto him : for they sal that his grief was very great * Heb. to swallow him up.... | |
 | 1838 - 602 pages
...but one example more, how beautiful and touching is the behavior of the three friends of Job, who " sat down with him upon the ground, seven days and...him, for they saw that his grief was very great." We call ourselves a polite people. and, comparatively speaking, perhaps we are so. It is allowed, I... | |
 | 1838 - 1196 pages
...and wept ; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads 13 toward heaven. the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book,...And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to 3 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. And Job s spake, and said, 3 Let the day perish... | |
 | 1839 - 868 pages
...voice and wept ; and rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads towards heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground, seven days...him ; for they saw that his grief was very great." There is nature and propriety in every idea presented in this' extract. It seems to be intimated, that... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1839 - 532 pages
...pavilions, and thus they continued seven days and nights ;' p. 8. — just as the friends who came to Job' sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven...him, for they saw that his grief was very great.' Job, c. 2. v. 13. 50 This is the supposition of Mr. Langles, which the editor of Antar thinks to be... | |
 | Robert Pedder Buddicom - 1839 - 1038 pages
...his dead." 1 He arose from the ground whereon he had been seated ; as Job's friends sat down with him seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word...unto him, for they saw that his grief was very great : or as the Holy City is represented upon the medals of the Roman conquerors, sitting under her palm... | |
 | John Wesley - 1839 - 810 pages
...following: — " They were all with one accord in one place," Acts ii, 1. " So they sat down with him seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him : for they saw that his grief wan very great," Job ii, 13. " Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of... | |
 | James Haldane Stewart - 1841 - 404 pages
...Job, when overtaken by so many grievous trials : " He sat down among the ashes," whilst his friends " sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven...nights ; and none spake a word unto him, for they saw his grief was great." I mention this that we may be better enabled to sympathise with our friends according... | |
 | 1885 - 302 pages
...with groanings that cannot be uttered." When Job's three friends went to visit and mourn with him " they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him ;" and when David was in heavy sorrow, he said, " I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; because thou... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 pages
...voice, and wept ; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. 13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven...him : for they saw that his grief was very great. LECTURE 764. Whatsoever we receive at the hand of God, all is good. How watchful ought it to make us,... | |
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And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven... 
