A35538:1893
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 22-25
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.
Now according to this sense of the word, this latter clause of the verse is thus translated; He smelleth, or, perceiveth the battle is near at hand, or will shortly be: Which gives a very fair meaning of the Text, if that word, which all grant signifies time as well as place, doth also signify a short, as well as a long space of time; for then the verse runs clearly thus, At the full sound of the trumpet, he saith, Ha, ha, smelling (or perceiving) that the battle is at hand. I leave this to the Readers judgement. Our own translation is an undoubted truth, both as to the signification of the word, and the experiences of the thing. A Gallant horse trained up, and accustomed to War, when he sees much stirring in an Army, and hears the trumpets sounding, perceives a battle will be, though the armies be possibly a good distance of ground one from the other. Thus he smells the battle afar off, especially when he hears that which follows in the close of the verse.
Now according to this sense of the word, this latter clause of the verse is thus translated; He smelleth, or, perceiveth the battel is neer at hand, or will shortly be: Which gives a very fair meaning of the Text, if that word, which all grant signifies time as well as place, doth also signifie a short, as well as a long space of time; for then the verse runs clearly thus, At the full sound of the trumpet, he saith, Ha, ha, smelling (or perceiving) that the battel is at hand. I leave this to the Readers judgement. Our own translation is an undoubted truth, both as to the signification of the word, and the experiences of the thing. A Gallant horse trained up, and accustomed to War, when he sees much stirring in an Army, and hears the trumpets sounding, perceives a battel will be, though the armies be possibly a good distance of ground one from the other. Thus he smells the battel afar off, especially when he hears that which follows in the close of the verse.
The thunder of the Captains and the shouting.