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... surely as He confounds the crafty and the strong . Eliphaz finally counsels submission to the chastening hand of God , who would surely deliver from all evil , and bless him with all good ; and this in the name , not merely of himself ...
... surely as He confounds the crafty and the strong . Eliphaz finally counsels submission to the chastening hand of God , who would surely deliver from all evil , and bless him with all good ; and this in the name , not merely of himself ...
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... surely now wake up for thee , And restore the habitation of thy righteousness ; And though thy beginning were small , Yet thy latter end would flourish greatly . Inquire now of the former generation , And give heed to the research of ...
... surely now wake up for thee , And restore the habitation of thy righteousness ; And though thy beginning were small , Yet thy latter end would flourish greatly . Inquire now of the former generation , And give heed to the research of ...
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... the divine displeasure . It must be so , he thought , for God would surely defend the right * Or , Eastern rush . † Or , hypocrite . and punish iniquity . Instead therefore of bluster and complaint 32 NOTES ON THE BOOK OF JOB .
... the divine displeasure . It must be so , he thought , for God would surely defend the right * Or , Eastern rush . † Or , hypocrite . and punish iniquity . Instead therefore of bluster and complaint 32 NOTES ON THE BOOK OF JOB .
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... surely and miserably , the hope of the impure is alike fleeting . The object of their confidence is no firmer than a spider's web , though he may cling to it ever so tena- ciously . It has no more permanence than the rank weed which ...
... surely and miserably , the hope of the impure is alike fleeting . The object of their confidence is no firmer than a spider's web , though he may cling to it ever so tena- ciously . It has no more permanence than the rank weed which ...
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... surely reprove you , if ye secretly accept persons . Doth not His excellency terrify you , And His dread fall upon you ? Your maxims [ are ] proverbs of ashes , Your bulwarks , bulwarks of clay ! Be silent from me , and I speak ; And ...
... surely reprove you , if ye secretly accept persons . Doth not His excellency terrify you , And His dread fall upon you ? Your maxims [ are ] proverbs of ashes , Your bulwarks , bulwarks of clay ! Be silent from me , and I speak ; And ...
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Almighty ANSWER OF JOB Authorised Version beasts Behold Bildad blessing BOOK OF JOB chapter Christ Christian cloth clouds cometh darkness death-shade DISCOURSE Ditto divine Dost thou doth dust dwell earth Elihu Eliphaz Eloah ENVELOPE SIZE evil eyes face faith fear flesh French Morocco giveth glory God El God's goeth Gospel grace hand Hast thou hath hear heart heavens Holy honour iniquity Jehovah Jesus Job answered Job's judge judgment Kethib knew Lectures less light Lord man's mighty misery moral Morrish mouth night Paternoster Square pray present Psalms revealed righteousness saint Satan Scripture Second Coming Shaddai Sheol shew Shuhite silence sins sorrow soul speak spirit sufferer sword Temanite tender mercy terror thee thine things thou hast thou shalt thought three friends trial truth turned understanding unto upright voice Vulgate waters wicked wickedness wild Wilt thou wisdom words wrath Zophar
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Page 8 - THERE was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job ; and that man was perfect, and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great household ; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the East.
Page 9 - And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse and against his army.
Page 13 - 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.
Page 11 - Then Job arose, and rent his mantle and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, and said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither : the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord.
Page 10 - The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them : and the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away ; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword ; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Page 43 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Page 192 - So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning : for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
Page 28 - Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Page 15 - As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
Page 66 - Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath. " That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us...