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... hath on every side ? Thou hast blessed the work of his hands , and his substance teems in the land . But only put forth Thine hand , and touch all that he hath , and truly he will curse Thee to Thy face . And Jahveh said to the ...
... hath on every side ? Thou hast blessed the work of his hands , and his substance teems in the land . But only put forth Thine hand , and touch all that he hath , and truly he will curse Thee to Thy face . And Jahveh said to the ...
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... hath burned the sheep and the servants , and consumed them ; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee . While this ... hath given and Jahveh hath taken ; May the Name of Jahveh be blessed . In all this Job sinned not , nor charged God ...
... hath burned the sheep and the servants , and consumed them ; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee . While this ... hath given and Jahveh hath taken ; May the Name of Jahveh be blessed . In all this Job sinned not , nor charged God ...
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... hath Will he give for himself . But now only put forth Thy hand , and touch his bone and his flesh , and truly he will curse Thee to Thy face . And Jahveh answered the Adversary , Behold he is in thine hand ; only spare his life . So ...
... hath Will he give for himself . But now only put forth Thy hand , and touch his bone and his flesh , and truly he will curse Thee to Thy face . And Jahveh answered the Adversary , Behold he is in thine hand ; only spare his life . So ...
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... hath hédged around ? To think that this is God's doing makes it so hard to bear ! 24 For my food there cómes to me síghing , And my gróanings are poúred forth like wáter . 25 I féar but a féar - it o'ertákes me ! And whatever I dréad is ...
... hath hédged around ? To think that this is God's doing makes it so hard to bear ! 24 For my food there cómes to me síghing , And my gróanings are poúred forth like wáter . 25 I féar but a féar - it o'ertákes me ! And whatever I dréad is ...
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9 Who knoweth nót by all thése That Jáhveh's hand hath wrought this ? 10 In Whose hánd is the soul of all life , And the spirit of áll mankind . These proverbs of Bildad's ( Chap . viii . ) I bring to the test of my own experience . 11 ...
9 Who knoweth nót by all thése That Jáhveh's hand hath wrought this ? 10 In Whose hánd is the soul of all life , And the spirit of áll mankind . These proverbs of Bildad's ( Chap . viii . ) I bring to the test of my own experience . 11 ...
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Adversary affliction áll Alphabetical Psalm ánger Babylonian mythology Barachel Behold Bildad bónes Book of Job canst chap cléan cloud cóme cvii dárkness Deut Deuteronomy didst díe Divine speeches Dost thou doth dúst éar earth Elihu Eliphaz éver éyes fáce fár féar flésh fórth friends give glóry Gloss Gód God's góld hand hast hath héar heart heaven Hebrew híde Hím Jób Job answered Job's judgement Kittel's text knów light máde mán mány Masoretic text mén metre mouth nóne nót nów óff óne oút passage páth pérish phatic pláce Prov proverb righteous Séa sée Sept Septuagint sét Shaddai shew shouldst Shuhite són sorrow sóul speak Suffering Servant suggested in Kittel's Temanite tént térror thee Thén Thine Thou shalt thought Tiamat translated trúst unto upón úpright verse voice wáters whó wicked wisdom words wouldst xxxvii Zophar
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Page 80 - tis said) Before was never made, But when of old the sons of morning sung, While the Creator great His constellations set, And the well-balanced world on hinges hung. And cast the dark foundations deep, And bid the weltering waves their oozy channel keep.
Page v - There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
Page 1 - 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 children of the east.
Page 86 - Ruffles at speed, and dances in the wind. His horny hoofs are jetty black and round ; His chine is double ; starting with a bound He turns the turf, and shakes the solid ground. Fire from his eyes, clouds from his nostrils flow; He bears his rider headlong on the foe.
Page 112 - The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun. I wield the flail of the lashing hail, And whiten the green plains under, And then again I dissolve it in rain, And laugh as I pass in thunder.
Page 68 - Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Page 113 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take: The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Page 18 - A time for labour and thought, A time to serve and to sin; They gave him light in his ways, And love, and a space for delight, And beauty and length of days, And night, and sleep in the night. His speech is a burning fire; With his lips he travaileth; In his heart is a blind desire, In his eyes foreknowledge of death; He weaves, and is clothed with derision; Sows, and he shall not reap; His life is a watch or a vision Between a sleep and a sleep.
Page 95 - 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 86 - And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.