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They were amazed.

The root signifies to be affected with a very passionate and strong fear,¹ even such a fear as they are arrested with who flee or fall before their Enemies in battle. So the word is used (Jer: 50.26.) A sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed. Dismay or amazement, is the displacing, at least the disturbing of reason it self; Elihu shows how unable and unfit Jobs friends were to argue with him any further, seeing upon the matter, they had lost the use of their reason, and were as men crack-brained, or broken in their understanding. They were amazed.

The root signifies to be affected with a very passionate and strong feare,¹ even such a feare as they are arrested with who flee or fall before their Enemies in battel. So the word is used (Jer: 50.26.) A sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed. Dismay or amazement, is the displacing, at least the disturbing of reason it selfe; Elihu shews how unable and unfit Jobs friends were to argue with him any further, seeing upon the matter, they had lost the use of their reason, and were as men crack-brain'd, or broken in their understanding. They were amazed.

1. 1[Greek or Hebrew] cum pavorem affert, quo affici solent, qui ab hoste potentissimo superantur.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 cum pavorem affert, quo affici solent, qui ab hoste potentissimo superantur.