Homiletical Commentary on the Book of Job, Volume 221 |
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... ( verse 1 ) . Again there was a day , ” some time after the events already related . Not said how long . Heavenly things represented under the figure of earthly ones , in condescension to our capacity . In heaven no succession of day and ...
... ( verse 1 ) . Again there was a day , ” some time after the events already related . Not said how long . Heavenly things represented under the figure of earthly ones , in condescension to our capacity . In heaven no succession of day and ...
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... ( verse 4 ) . " Satan answered the Lord . " Satanic impudence . Though defeated , he has still an answer for God . Boldness acquired by a course of iniquity . A whore's forehead ( Jer . iii . 3 ) . " Skin for skin . " A proverbial ex ...
... ( verse 4 ) . " Satan answered the Lord . " Satanic impudence . Though defeated , he has still an answer for God . Boldness acquired by a course of iniquity . A whore's forehead ( Jer . iii . 3 ) . " Skin for skin . " A proverbial ex ...
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... ( Verse 11. ) " Now when Job's three friends heard . " Rather , " three friends of Job . " Probably friends most intimate with him , and from whom he had most to expect ( ch vi . 14 , 15 ) . Perhaps connected with him by kindred as well ...
... ( Verse 11. ) " Now when Job's three friends heard . " Rather , " three friends of Job . " Probably friends most intimate with him , and from whom he had most to expect ( ch vi . 14 , 15 ) . Perhaps connected with him by kindred as well ...
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... Verse 6. " Let it not come into the number of the months ; " - let it disappear from the calendar ; be made to drop out of memory and existence . - Verse 7. " Let that night be solitary , " ungladdened by a single birth , and destitute ...
... Verse 6. " Let it not come into the number of the months ; " - let it disappear from the calendar ; be made to drop out of memory and existence . - Verse 7. " Let that night be solitary , " ungladdened by a single birth , and destitute ...
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... ( verses 13-19 ) . The description grand , tragic , and poetical . Given according to outward appearance and in relation to earthly experience . Death and the Grave . 1. Death a state of quiet sleep ( verse 13 ) . A sleep as regards the ...
... ( verses 13-19 ) . The description grand , tragic , and poetical . Given according to outward appearance and in relation to earthly experience . Death and the Grave . 1. Death a state of quiet sleep ( verse 13 ) . A sleep as regards the ...
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Page 53 - Commit thy way unto the LORD; Trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, And thy judgment as the noonday.
Page 123 - But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
Page 66 - But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
Page 107 - When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Page 48 - Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Page 102 - 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 125 - And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, And never eateth with pleasure. They shall lie down alike in the dust, And the worms shall cover them.
Page 50 - He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered ? Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.
Page 118 - That day of wrath, that dreadful day, When heaven and earth shall pass away, What power shall be the sinner's stay ? How shall he meet that dreadful day...
Page 113 - For He, whose car the winds are, and the clouds The dust, that waits upon his sultry march, When sin hath moved him, and his wrath is hot, Shall visit earth in mercy; shall descend Propitious in his chariot paved with love; And what his storms have blasted and defaced For man's revolt shall with a smile repair.