An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

These two verses have a Character of difficulty and obscurity put upon them by several interpreters;¹ and some have concluded them the most difficult and darkest portion of the whole Book of Job, yea, of the whole Book of God. And should I reckon up all the various Grammatical constructions of these words, together with the distinct interpretations given upon them, I should weary my self, and rather perplex than advantage the Reader.

THese two verses have a Character of difficulty and obscurity put upon them by several interpreters;¹ and some have concluded them the most difficult and darkest portion of the whole Book of Job, yea, of the whole Book of God. And should I reckon up all the various Grammatical constructions of these words, together with the distinct interpretations given upon them, I should weary my self, and rather perplex than advantage the Reader.

1. 1Hujus et sequentis versus difficultas et obscuritas tanta semper ab omnibus enarratoribus habita est ut vix alius in toto hoc libro, ne dicum in toto sacro codice locus isto impenetrabilior esse videatur. Bold:

And therefore I shall speak to these two verses, First, as they are laid down plainly in our translation, according to which (with submission to the judgement of those learned Authors) I see neither any great difficulty nor obscurity in them, and shall afterwards give a brief account at least, of some of those different readings and translations which I find upon them.