The International Critical Commentary on the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, Volume 14, Part 1C. Scribner's sons, 1921 |
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Page xxiv
... reason now that Job is referred to a later age than formerly to assert that it is " unquestionably a Hebrew imitation of the philo- sophical dialogue of Plato . " 1 Whence the author derived any suggestion for the use of dialogue in ...
... reason now that Job is referred to a later age than formerly to assert that it is " unquestionably a Hebrew imitation of the philo- sophical dialogue of Plato . " 1 Whence the author derived any suggestion for the use of dialogue in ...
Page xxv
... reasons for regarding the book as - in the main at least- not historical are already set forth . is a judgement attributed to an unnamed איוב לא היה ולא נברא אלא משל היה 2 contemporary of Samuel b . Nachmani ( Baba Bathra , 15a : Eng ...
... reasons for regarding the book as - in the main at least- not historical are already set forth . is a judgement attributed to an unnamed איוב לא היה ולא נברא אלא משל היה 2 contemporary of Samuel b . Nachmani ( Baba Bathra , 15a : Eng ...
Page xxvii
the writer would be of little significance , and the reason for the author's choice withdrawn from us . On the other hand , if the scene was traditional , it may point to the region whence the story passed to Israel , just as the scene ...
the writer would be of little significance , and the reason for the author's choice withdrawn from us . On the other hand , if the scene was traditional , it may point to the region whence the story passed to Israel , just as the scene ...
Page xxxviii
... reasons discussed in the commentary , best regarded as an independent poem , which formed no part of the original work . Now 25-27 at present contain a brief speech of Bildad ( 252-6 , consisting of 5 distichs only as against the 19 ...
... reasons discussed in the commentary , best regarded as an independent poem , which formed no part of the original work . Now 25-27 at present contain a brief speech of Bildad ( 252-6 , consisting of 5 distichs only as against the 19 ...
Page xli
... reason why Elihu speaks , it gives no reason why he is present . Neither Job nor the friends take the slightest notice of Elihu's attacks on them , or of his arguments ; his speech is of greater length than any that have gone before ...
... reason why Elihu speaks , it gives no reason why he is present . Neither Job nor the friends take the slightest notice of Elihu's attacks on them , or of his arguments ; his speech is of greater length than any that have gone before ...
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Almighty animal answer appears Aramaic assertion Barachel beasts Behold Bildad Book of Job calamity cited clause crocodile darkness death Dialogue distich doth dust earth Edom elephantiasis Elihu Eliphaz emendation Epilogue Esharra expressed favour fear follows give God's hand hast hath Hauran heaven Hebrew Hiob hippopotamus implied iniquity innocence interpolation interpretation Job's leviathan light man's meaning mouth naturally omits original ostrich Palestine parallel passage Peake perhaps phil phrase Pleiades present probably Prologue prosperity question Rahab reference rendered righteous Satan sense Sheol sins Sophar speak speech of Yahweh sufferings suggests term thee theory thine thou thought three friends Tiamat tion translation tristichs unrighteous unto wicked wilt wisdom womb words writer
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Page 20 - 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 169 - My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. 21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Page 226 - I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
Page 242 - When he made a decree for the rain and a way for the lightning of the thunder, then did he see it and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
Page 201 - Oh that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Page 17 - While he was yet speaking, therecame also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house : and, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Page 283 - The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
Page 240 - No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls, for the price of wisdom is above rubies. The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
Page 54 - He taketh the wise in their own craftiness : and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Page 220 - He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, And hangeth the earth upon nothing. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds ; And the cloud is not rent under them.