ISBN: 9781458948335

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1891 Excerpt: ... A TRANSLATION OF JOB XXXVIII. FROM THE SEPTUAGINT. 1. And after Elihu ceased speaking, the Lord said to Job through hurricane and clouds: 2. Who is this that hides counsel from me, and keeps back words in his heart, and thinks that I conceal? t 3. Gird thy loins like a man; I will ask of thee, and do thou answer me. 4. Where wast thou when I was laying the foundations of the earth? Proclaim to me thy sagacity if thou comprehendest. 5. Who laid out its measures if thou knowest? Or who stretched out the line upon it? 6. On what have its sockets SS been made to sink? Or who is the mason that used the plummet and square upon it? 7. When stars were born all my angels praised me with The exact translation of this verse is especially difficult. The words seem intended to show Job how near he had been to charging his Maker with folly. t The Almighty seeks ever to reveal Himself, and if men do not perceive Him nor understand, it is for the reason given in Rom. i. 21-33. t The object of the Almighty in this and the following chapters--and indeed in the whole book of Job--appears to be to hide pride from man''s heart for ever: to show him that though a man should keep the whole law of God, in the spirit as well as in the letter, he could only say in the presence of God, We are unprofitable servants, we have done but our duty. SS The Greek is rather '' To what have its eyelets been made fast? which suggests the erection of a tent or the stretching of a sail, whereas the context demands an architectural metaphor which Piazzi Smyth seems to supply with wonderful dpropos, in his books on the Great Pyramid. a loud voice (subintellige:--Silet una gens humana, nec reddit ob terram gratias.) 8. And I enclosed the sea with isthmuses, when it burst forth issuing from... Ralph Sadler, Books, History, Vox Clamantis Books>History This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co. Ltd. in 1891 in 369 pages; Subjects: Church history; Christianity; Religion and science; History / General; Religion / Christianity / History; Religion / Religion & Science; Religion / Christian Church / History; Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects;<

ISBN: 9781458948335

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1891 Excerpt: ... A TRANSLATION OF JOB XXXVIII. FROM THE SEPTUAGINT. 1. And after Elihu ceased speaking, the Lord said to Job through hurricane and clouds: 2. Who is this that hides counsel from me, and keeps back words in his heart, and thinks that I conceal? t 3. Gird thy loins like a man; I will ask of thee, and do thou answer me. 4. Where wast thou when I was laying the foundations of the earth? Proclaim to me thy sagacity if thou comprehendest. 5. Who laid out its measures if thou knowest? Or who stretched out the line upon it? 6. On what have its sockets SS been made to sink? Or who is the mason that used the plummet and square upon it? 7. When stars were born all my angels praised me with The exact translation of this verse is especially difficult. The words seem intended to show Job how near he had been to charging his Maker with folly. t The Almighty seeks ever to reveal Himself, and if men do not perceive Him nor understand, it is for the reason given in Rom. i. 21-33. t The object of the Almighty in this and the following chapters--and indeed in the whole book of Job--appears to be to hide pride from man''s heart for ever: to show him that though a man should keep the whole law of God, in the spirit as well as in the letter, he could only say in the presence of God, We are unprofitable servants, we have done but our duty. SS The Greek is rather '' To what have its eyelets been made fast? which suggests the erection of a tent or the stretching of a sail, whereas the context demands an architectural metaphor which Piazzi Smyth seems to supply with wonderful dpropos, in his books on the Great Pyramid. a loud voice (subintellige:--Silet una gens humana, nec reddit ob terram gratias.) 8. And I enclosed the sea with isthmuses, when it burst forth issuing from... Ralph Sadler, Books, History, Vox Clamantis Books>History, General Books LLC<