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Page ix
... knowledge , we should doubtless be able to recognise the different phases of that orthodoxy . Eliphaz of Teman , who seems to be the eldest , claims , at least on one occasion , to speak by inspiration ( iv . 12 ff . ) . He is the ...
... knowledge , we should doubtless be able to recognise the different phases of that orthodoxy . Eliphaz of Teman , who seems to be the eldest , claims , at least on one occasion , to speak by inspiration ( iv . 12 ff . ) . He is the ...
Page xi
... knowledge of God seemed to him to have been but hearsay compared with his present sight ( xlii . 5 f . ) . To our minds the Poem might have ended with these words . The Epilogue , which follows , is in prose , and we must confess that ...
... knowledge of God seemed to him to have been but hearsay compared with his present sight ( xlii . 5 f . ) . To our minds the Poem might have ended with these words . The Epilogue , which follows , is in prose , and we must confess that ...
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... knowledge of a life beyond the grave . He may sometimes speak of a vague existence in Sheôl . But it is not life . It is in this spirit that Swinburne says of man : " In his heart is a vain desire ; In his eyes foreknowledge of death ...
... knowledge of a life beyond the grave . He may sometimes speak of a vague existence in Sheôl . But it is not life . It is in this spirit that Swinburne says of man : " In his heart is a vain desire ; In his eyes foreknowledge of death ...
Page 53
... knowledge to Gód ? Seeing Hé judgeth those that are high . " I answer that it is terrible to feel God to be unjust : but when I look at life what do I see ? 23 Here is óne who díes in full strength , Being whólly at eáse and quiet : 24 ...
... knowledge to Gód ? Seeing Hé judgeth those that are high . " I answer that it is terrible to feel God to be unjust : but when I look at life what do I see ? 23 Here is óne who díes in full strength , Being whólly at eáse and quiet : 24 ...
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... knowledge so sound ! 4 To whóm hast thou tóld these sayings ? Whose breath was it cáme forth from thée ? Bildad continues . 5 The shades are in pángs before Him , The Séas and their dwellers in dréad . 6 Sheol in His présence is náked ...
... knowledge so sound ! 4 To whóm hast thou tóld these sayings ? Whose breath was it cáme forth from thée ? Bildad continues . 5 The shades are in pángs before Him , The Séas and their dwellers in dréad . 6 Sheol in His présence is náked ...
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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.