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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second, being the five last, chapters of the book of Job being the substance of fifty-two lectures or meditations / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. and S. Simmons, 1666
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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 38 › Verse 39-41
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.
Vers. 40. When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lye in wait.
This Verse gives a further description of the Lion, whether young or old. Before we had them hunting abroad in the fields, here we have them couching in their dens, and abiding in their covert.
This Verse gives a further discription of the Lion, whether young or old. Before we had them hunting abroad in the fields, here we have them couching in their dens, and abiding in their covert.
When they couch in their dens.
This couching or bowing down in their dens, may be upon a three-fold account, and so there is a three-fold interpretation of the words.