A35538:1623
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
But forasmuch as our translation puts the Ostrich alone into the Text, I shall not add any thing concerning the nature of the Stork, but only of the Ostrich; Gavest thou wings and feathers to the Ostrich?1
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] Robustus fortis hinc [Greek or Hebrew] penna ola, quod in alis robur avium sit. [Greek or Hebrew] Plumo •inchid [Greek or Hebrew] Volavit, deducit, sed malim à [Greek or Hebrew] effloruit, quod in avibus plumae enascantur ut flores & herbae è terra. Merc.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Robustus fortis hinc 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 penna ola, quod in alis robur avium sit. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Plumo •inchid 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Volavit, deducit, sed malim à 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 effloruit, quod in avibus plumae enascantur ut flores & herbae è terra. Merc.
The word rendered wings, signifies strength; the strength of birds is in their wings (as of man in his arms) and some birds are exceeding strong of wing.
The word rendred wings, signifies strength; the strength of birds is in their wings (as of man in his arms) and some birds are exceeding strong of wing.