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…

Further, the word is taken either in way of affirmation,¹ or in way of confirmation. In way of affirmation, it refers to that which is to be spoken, so frequently in the new Testament, Amen, Amen, verily, verily, is a vehement affirmation of what was afterwards to be spoken, Verily, verily, I say unto you. But here rather it is a note of confirmation of the truth already spoken; The Syriac of the new Testament uses it commonly for an affirmation; the Hebrew in the old, for a confirmation.

Further, the word is taken either in way of affirmation,¹ or in way of confirmation. In way of affirmation, it refers to that which is to be spoken, so frequently in the new Testament, Amen, Amen, verily, verily, is a vehement affirmation of what was afterwards to be spoken, Verily, verily, I say unto you. But here rather it is a note of confirmation of the truth already spoken; The Syriack of the new Testament uses it commonly for an affirmation; the Hebrew in the old, for a confirmation.

1. 1Amen duplicē habet sensum, 1. Ut fit affirmatio eorum quae dicturi sumu•. 2. Ut sit confirmatio eorum quae jam dicta sunt. Hebraicè innotare solet confirmationem. Syriacè in N. T. affirmationem. Boll.Amen duplicē habet sensum, 1. Ʋt fit affirmatio eorum quae dicturi sumu•. 2. Ʋt sit confirmatio eorum quae jam dicta sunt. Hebraicè innotare solet confirmationem. Syriacè in N. T. affirmationem. Bol.

So then, it is here a sealing to the former truth delivered, both by Bildad and Eliphaz, about the justice of God; Eliphaz in the 4th Chapter, vers. 17. and Bildad in the 8th, ver. 3. Doth the Almighty pervert judgement? No (saith Job) I know it of a truth, that he doth not. And so the sense runs thus.