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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 38 › Verse 12-15
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 Hebrew is, The wings of the earth; and so Mr. Broughton translates, To hold the wings of the earth. By the wings of the earth, according to an Hebraism very frequent in Scripture, we are to understand the extreme or remotest parts of the earth. And because the wings of a bird are stretched out to the very utmost, when she flieth, the Hebrews call that which is the extreme or utmost bound of any thing, the wings of it; and hence, in their language, the utmost part or hem of a garment is the wing of a garment, as here and elsewhere, the utmost parts of the earth are the wings of the earth (Isa. 11.1, 2.) He shall set up an ensign for the Nations, and shall assemble the out-casts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners (or, as the Margin hath it, wings) of the earth. Thus the Lord speaks of the light, Hast thou caused the day-spring to know its place, that it might take hold of the ends or wings of the earth?
The Hebrew is, The wings of the earth; and so Mr. Broughton translates, To hold the wings of the earth. By the wings of the earth, according to an Hebraisme very frequent in Scripture, we are to understand the extream or remotest parts of the earth. And because the wings of a bird are stretched out to the very utmost, when she flieth, the Hebrews call that which is the extream or utmost bound of any thing, the wings of it; and hence, in their language, the utmost part or hem of a garment is the wing of a garment, as here and elsewhere, the utmost parts of the earth are the wings of the earth (Isa. 11.1, 2.) He shall set up an ensigne for the Nations, and shall assemble the out-casts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners (or, as the Margin hath it, wings) of the earth. Thus the Lord speaks of the light, Hast thou caused the day-spring to know its place, that it might take hold of the ends or wings of the earth?
Hence Note; First, The Suns light is wonderfully extensive and diffusive.