An Old Testament commentary for English readers, by various writers, ed. by C.J. Ellicott, 4. köideCharles John Ellicott (bp. of Gloucester) Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Company, 1884 |
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... speaking , there came also another , and said , " The fire of God is fallen from heaven , and hath burned up the ... speak- ing , there came also another , and said , Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their ...
... speaking , there came also another , and said , " The fire of God is fallen from heaven , and hath burned up the ... speak- ing , there came also another , and said , Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their ...
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... speak in the anguish of my spirit ; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul . ( 12 ) Am I a sea , or a whale , that thou settest a watch over me ? ( 13 ) When I say , My bed shall comfort me , My couch shall ease my complaint ...
... speak in the anguish of my spirit ; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul . ( 12 ) Am I a sea , or a whale , that thou settest a watch over me ? ( 13 ) When I say , My bed shall comfort me , My couch shall ease my complaint ...
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... speak these things ? And how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind ? ( 3 ) Doth God pervert judgment ? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice ? ( 4 ) If thy children have sinned against him , And he have cast them away ...
... speak these things ? And how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind ? ( 3 ) Doth God pervert judgment ? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice ? ( 4 ) If thy children have sinned against him , And he have cast them away ...
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... speak of strength , lo , he is strong : And if of judgment , who shall set me a time to plead ? e Isa . 45. 9 ; Jer . ( 20 ) If I justify myself , mine own mouth shall condemn me : 18.6 ; Rom . 9. 20 . And choose out my words to reason ...
... speak of strength , lo , he is strong : And if of judgment , who shall set me a time to plead ? e Isa . 45. 9 ; Jer . ( 20 ) If I justify myself , mine own mouth shall condemn me : 18.6 ; Rom . 9. 20 . And choose out my words to reason ...
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... speak , and open his lips against thee ; ( 6 ) And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom , That they are double to that which is ! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity de- serveth . ( 7 ) Canst thou ...
... speak , and open his lips against thee ; ( 6 ) And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom , That they are double to that which is ! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity de- serveth . ( 7 ) Canst thou ...
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afflicted Ahaz allusion Assyrian Authorised Version Babylon Behold better blessing Book of Job Book of Proverbs chap Chron clause Comp covenant darkness David death Deut Divine earth Edom Eliphaz enemies evil Exod expression eyes Ezek faith favour fear fool give glory God's hand hath heart heathen heaven Hebrew word holy iniquity Isaiah Israel Jehovah Jerusalem Job's Judah judge judgment king lips literally LORD margin Matt meaning mercy Moab mouth nations Note parallelism passage poem poet praise prayer probably prophet Prov PROVERBS psalm psalmist reference rejoice rendering righteous seems Selah sense Solomon song Song of degrees soul speak spirit Syriac thine things thou hast thou shalt thought tion translated truth unto thee verb verse viii Vulg Vulgate wicked wisdom wise xvii xviii xxii xxvi xxxii Zion
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Page 225 - Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
Page 8 - And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
Page 202 - For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children : 6 That the generation to come might know them, Even the children which should be born ; Who should arise and declare them to their children : 7 That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments...
Page 28 - For there is hope of .a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 371 - So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Page 402 - Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
Page 364 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts ; even one thing befalleth them : as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath ; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast : for all is vanity. All go unto one place ; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Page 378 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked ; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean ; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Page 457 - For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
Page 220 - Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty ; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.