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Page viii
... voices " is truly the voice of God ? This problem still presses on the minds of men as in Tennyson's poem of " The two Voices , " but in Old Testament times it was a far harder problem to solve ; and the reader will notice that , for ...
... voices " is truly the voice of God ? This problem still presses on the minds of men as in Tennyson's poem of " The two Voices , " but in Old Testament times it was a far harder problem to solve ; and the reader will notice that , for ...
Page ix
... voice , Than him that said , ' Rejoice ! rejoice ! " " Some have supposed that the Prologue ( chaps . i . and ii . ) and the Epilogue ( chap . xlii . 7-17 ) , which are in prose , were actually adopted by our Poet and incorporated in ...
... voice , Than him that said , ' Rejoice ! rejoice ! " " Some have supposed that the Prologue ( chaps . i . and ii . ) and the Epilogue ( chap . xlii . 7-17 ) , which are in prose , were actually adopted by our Poet and incorporated in ...
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... voice and wept ; and they rent each one his robe , and sprinkled v . 9. The Septuagint expands this into five verses . v . 10. The word here translated senseless implies that shallow- ness of perception that comes from ignoring God . v ...
... voice and wept ; and they rent each one his robe , and sprinkled v . 9. The Septuagint expands this into five verses . v . 10. The word here translated senseless implies that shallow- ness of perception that comes from ignoring God . v ...
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... voice of joy come nígh it . v . 5. Black - vapours . A doubtful word which only occurs here . v . 6a . This line should probably be omitted as a variant of v . 7a . v . 6. Be it severed . Lit. Let it not be joined to ( cf. Gen. xlix . 6 ) ...
... voice of joy come nígh it . v . 5. Black - vapours . A doubtful word which only occurs here . v . 6a . This line should probably be omitted as a variant of v . 7a . v . 6. Be it severed . Lit. Let it not be joined to ( cf. Gen. xlix . 6 ) ...
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18 All tránquil there are the prisoners ; Nor hear they the táskmaster's voice . 19 Smáll and great are thére ; And the sláve is frée from his máster . Life being what it is , was it fair to grant it ? 20 Oh why gives He light to the ...
18 All tránquil there are the prisoners ; Nor hear they the táskmaster's voice . 19 Smáll and great are thére ; And the sláve is frée from his máster . Life being what it is , was it fair to grant it ? 20 Oh why gives He light to the ...
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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.