A35538:1665
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
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Implying, that the consideration of them, as hers, should have made her more tender of them; yet she carrieth it as if she had no relation to them. The Hebrew is, For that they were not hers; which here, as in other parallel Scriptures, is rightly sensed in our Translation,1 As though they were not hers. As if it had been said, she could not do otherwise, nor worse by them, if they were mere strangers to her, or such as she had no title to. She deals no better with them, than as if they either were not hers, or as if they were nothing to her, and she no way concerned in them. Such is that complaint of the Church (Lam. 1.) Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by (and see my sorrow) is it nothing to you? are you not at all concerned? am I to you merely as a stranger, that you pass by and take no notice of my sufferings? Thus the holy Ghost describes the Ostrich, she is hardened against her young ones, as though they were none of hers, or as if she had nothing to do with them.
Implying, that the consideration of them, as hers, should have made her more tender of them; yet she carrieth it as if she had no relation to them. The Hebrew is, For that they were not hers; which here, as in other parallel Scriptures, is rightly sensed in our Translation,1 As though they were not hers. As if it had been said, she could not do otherwise, nor worse by them, if they were meer strangers to her, or such as she had no title to. She deals no better with them, than as if they either were not hers, or as if they were nothing to her, and she no way concerned in them. Such is that complaint of the Church (Lam. 1.) Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by (and see my sorrow) is it nothing to you? are you not at all concerned? am I to you meerly as a stranger, that you pass by and take no notice of my sufferings? Thus the holy Ghost describes the Ostrich, she is hardned against her young ones, as though they were none of hers, or as if she had nothing to do with them.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] Videtur hic positum esse pro [Greek or Hebrew] ut saepe alias, Lamed pro Caph usurpatur; sic erunt in carnem unā, i.e. quasi caro una. Drus.