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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 5-6
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.
There is yet another reading as to both the parts of this 5th verse, which I shall touch a little, because they are much insisted upon by Learned Interpreters.
The former part of this verse, which we render.1 Behold God is mighty, and despiseth not any, is thus rendered, Behold God is mighty, and despiseth not the mighty. The vulgar Latin, thus, God doth not cast away the mighty, seeing he himself also is mighty. The scope of this Translation, is thus conceived. Job in the 29th Chapter of this Book, having set forth his own mightiness or greatness, complained in the 30th, that notwithstanding all his former power and might, yet God had cast him down, and laid him in the dust. Here Elihu tells him, though God be mighty, yet he doth not despise the mighty; he doth not reject any man how high soever, because he is high, nor the great, how great soever, because great. God himself is great and mighty, and they that are like, (usually) rejoice in those that are like them. Therefore God ⟨p. 182⟩being mighty himself, doth not despise or reject those that are mighty, because they are so; there must be some other reason (it is not their mightiness) why God despises and casts down the mighty. God is mighty, and despiseth not the mighty.
The former part of this verse, which we render.1 Behold God is mighty, and despiseth not any, is thus rendred, Behold God is mighty, and despiseth not the mighty. The vulgar Latine, thus, God doth not cast away the mighty, seeing he himself also is mighty. The scope of this Translation, is thus conceived. Job in the 29th Chapter of this Book, having set forth his own mightinesse or greatness, complained in the 30th, that notwithstanding all his former power and might, yet God had cast him down, and laid him in the dust. Here Elihu tells him, though God be mighty, yet he doth not despise the mighty; he doth not reject any man how high soever, because he is high, nor the great, how great soever, because geat. God himself is great and mighty, and they that are like, (usually) rejoyce in those that are like them. Therefore God