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The Book of Job in Poetry: Or, a Song in the Night (Classic Reprint) Henry W. Adams No preview available - 2018 |
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afflictions Almighty answer apothegms Arcturus argument asks Job Barachel beautiful Behold beneath Bildad bitter Book of Job calamities Canst thou cause chast'ning clod clouds comfort creature cruel curse darkness death declares deep divine doth double bridle dreadful dwell earth Elihu Eliphaz ev'ry eyes fear fierce flesh glory God's grief hand Hast thou hath heart heaven heavenly Hebrew hence hippopotamus holy human iniquity innocence Jehovah Job's land land of Uz laws leviathan light live Lord majesty mighty mighty hand monstrous mortal mouth never night o'er ostrich pain perish Pleiades prosperity punishment REPLY TO JOB righteous round Satan shalt Sheol shine sight sins sore sorrow soul speak speech spirit strength sublime submission sufferings sweet tempest thee things thou dost three friends trouble unto upright utter vindicate voice wicked wild Wilt thou wisdom wonders words wrath Zophar Јов
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Page xxiii - Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? Whose house I have made the wilderness, And the barren land his dwellings. He scorneth the multitude of the city, Neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing.
Page xl - Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. 6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.
Page lii - AND it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, " My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
Page xiv - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep f alleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up : It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice...
Page xvii - Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
Page xiii - Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; Which long for death, but it cometh not ; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
Page xlvi - Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Page xxxix - Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue; Though he spare it, and forsake it not ; But keep it still within his mouth : Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him.
Page ix - And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day ; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
Page xvi - How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin. 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy ? 25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble ? 26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.