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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 39 › Verse 13-18
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.
The Vulgar Latin translates, the wing of the Ostrich, is like the wing of the Hawk; but that translation is so wide, that one saith, Who reading this, wonders not at the strangeness of the interpretation? The Greek translation of the Septuagint is as wide and dark as that, I shall not trouble the Reader about either, nor about many more which he may find collected, not only by Bochartus, but by several others.
The Vulgar Latine translates, the wing of the Ostrich, is like the wing of the Hawke; but that translation is so wide, that one saith, Who reading this, wonders not at the strangness of the interpretation? The Greek translation of the Septuagint is as wide and dark as that, I shall not trouble the Reader about either, nor about many more which he may find collected, not only by Bochartus, but by several others.
The word which we translate Peacocks in the plural number, comes from a root which signifies to cry, or to make a loud noise, to make a cry in joy and triumph, and so it may be rendered, The wings or feathers of rejoicers and triumphers. The Peacock may well be so called, because he is a loud-voiced shrieking bird, glorying as it were, and triumphing in his wings and feathers. The very nature and qualities both of beasts and birds, are often and elegantly expressed in the Hebrew names. Gavest thou the goodly wings to the Peacocks?
The word which we translate Peacocks in the plural number, comes from a root which signifies to cry, or to make a loud noise, to make a cry in joy and triumph, and so it may be rendred, The wings or feathers of rejoycers and triumphers. The Peacock may well be so called, because he is a loud-voiced shrieking bird, glorying as it were, and triumphing in his wings and feathers. The very nature and qualities both of beasts and birds, are often and elegantly exprest in the Hebrew names. Gavest thou the goodly wings to the Peacocks?