A35537:1786
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 6-8
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1There are two words in the Hebrew which signify brutes, or beasts. The word here used properly signifies wild beasts, the other tame beasts, such as are for our use, and brought up to our hand. The text intends the wild beasts, the beasts of the forrest, the beasts of prey, they go into dens, these seek shelter in snow time, or when the great rain of the strength of God falleth upon the earth. The Psalmist (Psal. 104.20.) describes the beasts ordinarily going out of their dens when the night comes; Then (saith he) all the beasts of the forrest go forth. Here we have the beasts, whether night or day, driven to their dens by a storm, or by the Snow; then they go to their dens and places of shelter, or, as we speak, to Covert. The word rendered Dens, signifies a place of ambush, or of lying in wait; such are the dens of wild beasts; as it is said of the wicked (Psal. 10.9.) He lieth in wait secretly, as a Lion in his den, 2to catch the poor, &c. It is this word. Such kind of retreats have the wild beasts, they have their dens, which are al•o places to watch for their prey: And as they often go to their dens upon choice, or of their own accord, so they are sometimes driven to them (as in the text) for shelter against a storm. Then the beasts go into dens, And remain in their places.
1There are two words in the Hebrew which signifie bruits, or beasts. The word here used properly signifies wild beasts, the other tame beasts, such as are for our use, and brought up to our hand. The text intends the wild beasts, the beasts of the forrest, the beasts of prey, they go into dens, these seek shelter in snow time, or when the great rain of the strength of God falleth upon the earth. The Psalmist (Psal. 104.20.) describes the beasts ordinarily going out of their dens when the night comes; Then (saith he) all the beasts of the forrest go forth. Here we have the beasts, whether night or day, driven to their dens by a storm, or by the Snow; then they go to their dens and places of shelter, or, as we speak, to Covert. The word rendred Dens, signifies a place of ambush, or of lying in wait; such are the dens of wild beasts; as it is said of the wicked (