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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of the book of Job being the sum of thirty two lectures, delivered at Magnus near the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of the book of Job being the summe of thirty two lectures, delivered at Magnus neer the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by A. Miller for Henry Overton, 1647
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Are not my days few?
Are not my daies few?
The Hebrew is, Is not fewness of days mine? Yes, That's my portion. Abstracts often increase, and sometimes they diminish the sense. Here the sense is diminutive; as if he had said, My days are so far from many, that they are fewness it self: Mine are not increasing and growing, but declining and abating days. My days are going down, they are brought into a lesser, and a narrower compass every day. The Chaldee renders, Are not my days ceasing? My days fade and wear out every day, Show me how short my life is (closer to the original) how soon ceasing I am, or as others, What, or of what quantity mine age is, how transitory, how temporary I am.
The Hebrew is, Is not fewnesse of daies mine? Yes, That's my portion. Abstracts often encrease, and sometimes they diminish the sense. Here the sense is diminutive; as if he had said, My daies are so farre from many, that they are fewnesse it self: Mine are not encreasing and growing, but declining and abating daies. My daies are going down, they are brought into a lesser, and a narrower compasse every day. The Chaldee renders, Are not my daies ceasing? My daies fade and wear out every day, Shew me how short my life is (closer to the originall) how soon ceasing I am, or as others, What, or of what quantity mine age is, how transitory, how temporary I am.
Cease then, and let me alone.