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Page ix
... describes in rapid and dramatic touches his piety and wealth and the suc- cessive and extraordinary calamities that befell him . This man was " perfect and upright , and one that feared God , and eschew- ed evil ” ; and his piety was ...
... describes in rapid and dramatic touches his piety and wealth and the suc- cessive and extraordinary calamities that befell him . This man was " perfect and upright , and one that feared God , and eschew- ed evil ” ; and his piety was ...
Page xviii
... describe Job's flocks and his children ; and from the fact that his possessions are exactly doubled to him on his restoration , while he receives again seven sons and three daughters precisely as before . ( 3 ) From the dramatic and ...
... describe Job's flocks and his children ; and from the fact that his possessions are exactly doubled to him on his restoration , while he receives again seven sons and three daughters precisely as before . ( 3 ) From the dramatic and ...
Page xxxix
... describing the fate of the wicked at God's hand , Job uses the same figures and even the same words as he employs when speaking of his own destruction by God ( see on ch . xxvii . 21 seq . ) . There is something unlikely in this . On ...
... describing the fate of the wicked at God's hand , Job uses the same figures and even the same words as he employs when speaking of his own destruction by God ( see on ch . xxvii . 21 seq . ) . There is something unlikely in this . On ...
Page li
... describes , and at the sound from which his heart leaps up out of its place , is just the storm out of which Jehovah speaks . If this were the case it might merely indicate that the later writer skilfully took advantage of the elements ...
... describes , and at the sound from which his heart leaps up out of its place , is just the storm out of which Jehovah speaks . If this were the case it might merely indicate that the later writer skilfully took advantage of the elements ...
Page liii
... describes Behemoth and Leviathan . The passage referred to may raise some suspicions , but it may be said with certainty that the divine speeches belong to the original form of the Book , and that they come from the hand of the author ...
... describes Behemoth and Leviathan . The passage referred to may raise some suspicions , but it may be said with certainty that the divine speeches belong to the original form of the Book , and that they come from the hand of the author ...
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Almighty answer answer to Job appears Behold Bildad Book Book of Job Book of Samuel bring calamities Cambridge cause cloud comp connexion darkness death Demy 8vo destruction divine earth Edited Edom Elihu Eliphaz evil expression eyes fear feeling flesh God's guilty hand hath heart heaven idea iniquity innocence Israel Job's mind judgment light Lord meaning moral mouth nature Octavo Old Testament P. G. TAIT passage phrase Poem principle probably Prologue prosperity Prov question Rahab rectitude reference regard rendered reply righteous Satan second clause sense shalt Sheol shew sins speak speaker speeches spirit St John's College sufferings thee thine things thought three friends University of Cambridge unto utter verse reads viii wicked wisdom words xxii xxiii xxiv xxix xxvii xxxviii Zophar
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Page 268 - Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?
Page 9 - But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face. And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand.
Page 274 - Hast thou given the horse strength ? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder ? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper ? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength : He goeth on to meet the armed men.
Page 287 - I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear : But now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
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 12 - And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
Page 102 - Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Page 170 - Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Page 32 - 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...
Page 282 - Will he make many supplications unto thee? Will he speak soft words unto thee? Will he make a covenant with thee? Wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?