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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of the book of Job being the substance of thirty-five lectures / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1664
AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-fifth, Th… › Chapter 36 › Verses 27-28
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Secondly, The word may very well express, according to other texts of Scripture, the putting forth of the power of God in stopping, staying keeping back and with-holding rain from the ea••h, when •od hath drawn water from the earth, he can hold it fr•m the ea••h as long as he pleaseth. The Chaldee Pa aphrase saith, He forbids the drops to water the earth, or he sends forth a proh bition to the clouds that they give no water. The vulgar Latin speaks to the same sense, who takes away drops of rain, that is, from the earth. Mr. Broughton renders, he withdraws ⟨p. 387⟩dropping of water. In this sense I find the word rendered expressly (Numb. 9.7.) where certain persons are brought in by Moses thus complaining, Wherefore are we kept back that we may not offer an offering to the Lord with the children of Israel? It is a case; there were some, it seems, suspended from bringing their offerings to the Lord, and they demand a reason of it; to give which, Moses saith, stand still, and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you. But I quote that scripture only for the force of the word, wherefore are we kept back, or with held, which was for some uncleanness. Thus you have the first signification of the word, and a double translation upon it, both very pertinent to the nature of the rain, and the Lords dealing with man in it, which is the subject Elihu is insisting upon.
Secondly, The word may very well expresse, according to other texts of Sc ipture, the putting forth of the power of God in stopping, staying keeping back and with-holding rain from the ea••h, when •od hath drawn water from the earth, he can hold it fr•m the ea••h as long as he pleaseth. The Chaldee Pa aphrase saith, He forbids the drops to water the earth, or he sends forth a proh bition to the clouds that they give no water. The vulgar Latine speaks to the same sence, who takes away drops of rain, that is, from the earth. Mr. Broughton renders, he withdraws