A35537:1682
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 37 › Verses 3-5
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1The Septuagint saith, He thundereth with the voice of his reproach, or with his reproaching voice. A man that is angry pours out his displeasure in reproaches upon such as have provoked him. God knows how to Thunder just and deserved reproaches upon provoking sinners. The Scholiasts explain that translation of the seventy, with the voice of his reproach, thus, with •r by a voice fall of threatening; and 'tis a truth, the mouth of God is full of threatenings, and his heart of indignation, against presuming sinners. We may put all these together, yet I conceive our own reading most suitable; He thundereth with the voice of his excellency, like a great Commander in war, of whom God speaks (Job. 39.25.) in the most high-strained, rhetorical description of the strength and courage of the horse; He smelleth the Battle afar off, the thunder of the Captain, and the Shoutings. When an Army is engaged in Battle, there is not only a thundering of the Guns, but of the Captains and Commanders, they speak highly, they thunder with a voice of their high courage and excellency; much more doth God in the day of his Battle thunder with the voice of his excellency.
1The Septuagint saith, He thundereth with the voice of his reproach, or with his reproaching voice. A man that is angry poures out his displeasure in reproaches upon such as have provoked him. God knowes how to Thunder just and deserved reproaches upon provoking sinners. The Scoliasts explain that translation of the seventy, with the voice of his reproach, thus, with •r by a voice fall of threatning; and 'tis a truth, the mouth of God is full of threatnings, and his heart of indignation, against presuming sinners. We may put all these together, yet I conceive our own reading most suitable; He thundereth with the voice of his excellency, like a great Commander in war, of whom God speaks (Job. 39.25.) in the most high-strained, rhetorical description of the strength and courage of the horse; He smelleth the Battel afar off, the thunder of the Captain, and the Shoutings. When an Army is engaged in Battel, there is not only a thundering of the Guns, but of the Captains and Commanders, they speak highly, they thunder with a voice of their high courage and excellency; much more doth God in the day of his Battel thunder with the voice of his excellency.