An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…

The Septuagint or Greek Interpreters, do not read as we, She is hardened against her young ones, but taking the same active signification of the ve b, say thus; She hardeneth her young ones; that is, she doth not bring them up tenderly, nor delicately, but leaves them to shift for themselves, and so hardeneth them. And the reason of that rendering may be this, because there is no particle in the Hebrew expressing the word, against; we say, She is hardened against her young ones, but the preposition commonly rendered against, is not in the Hebrew; that saith only,¹ She hardeneth her young ones, or, She is hardening her young ones; but the sense riseth much to the same point, whether we read, She hardeneth her young ones, or, is hardened against her young ones; for by being hardened against them, or by using them hardly, she hardeneth them. Many parents harden their children by being hard to them. If we put the sense of both readings together, it will make the ⟨p. 406⟩matter more complete; she hardeneth her young ones, by hardening her self against them. Our reading is full and clear, She hardeneth her self against her young ones, or children; so the word (strictly taken) signifies.

The Septuagint or Greek Interpreters, do not read as we, She is hardned against her young ones, but taking the same active signification of the ve b, say thus; She hardneth her young ones; that is, she doth not bring them up tenderly, nor delicately, but leaves them to shift for themselves, and so hardneth them. And the reason of that rendring may be this, because there is no particle in the Hebrew expressing the word, against; we say, She is hardned against her young ones, but the preposition commonly rendred against, is not in the Hebrew; that saith only,¹ She hardneth her young ones, or, She is hardning her young ones; but the sense riseth much to the same point, whether we read, She hardneth her young ones, or, is hardned against her young ones; for by being hardned against them, or by using them hardly, she hardneth them. Many parents harden their children by being hard to them. If we put the sense of both readings together, it will make the ⟨p. 406⟩