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Page xii
... divine speaker does not condescend to refer to Job's individual problem , He makes no charge of sin against his former life , and gives no account of his afflictions . The intellectual solution of problems can never be the question ...
... divine speaker does not condescend to refer to Job's individual problem , He makes no charge of sin against his former life , and gives no account of his afflictions . The intellectual solution of problems can never be the question ...
Page xxii
... divine speeches lies far behind it . Such a representation there- fore as that of Delitzsch can hardly be accepted , who says " the Book of Job is substantially a drama , and one consisting of seven divisions : ( 1 ) ch . i . — iii ...
... divine speeches lies far behind it . Such a representation there- fore as that of Delitzsch can hardly be accepted , who says " the Book of Job is substantially a drama , and one consisting of seven divisions : ( 1 ) ch . i . — iii ...
Page xxv
... divine speeches do not touch the point . The author exhibits Job reaching the conclusion that the righteous- ness of God , as he in common with his friends had always understood it , cannot be detected in the world as God actually rules ...
... divine speeches do not touch the point . The author exhibits Job reaching the conclusion that the righteous- ness of God , as he in common with his friends had always understood it , cannot be detected in the world as God actually rules ...
Page xxvii
... divine displeasure ; that it is wrong to reproach such a one with his sufferings as if they had their origin in the divine displeasure , seeing they may rather be inflicted or permitted by God in order that his piety may be tried and ...
... divine displeasure ; that it is wrong to reproach such a one with his sufferings as if they had their origin in the divine displeasure , seeing they may rather be inflicted or permitted by God in order that his piety may be tried and ...
Page xxviii
... divine speeches . All the rest is mere fact , or brilliant exhibition of a fact , that there is a terrible problem . The divine speeches do not solve the problem , for the problem is insoluble , but they give some satisfaction : they ...
... divine speeches . All the rest is mere fact , or brilliant exhibition of a fact , that there is a terrible problem . The divine speeches do not solve the problem , for the problem is insoluble , but they give some satisfaction : they ...
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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?