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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
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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 38 › Verse 12-15
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There is yet another exposition of this 14th verse, They stand as a garment, that is, the wicked spoken of in the latter end of the former verse, and are there said, to be shaken out of the earth; who are also spoken of, in the following verse, where it is said, Their light is with-holden, and their high arm shall be broken. These wicked ones, when the light shines, are made to stand forth, as in a garment; That is (saith one Author, noted in the Margin) the wicked are then with-held from going on in their wickedness, or from prosecuting and promoting their evil designs and purposes, as if their faces were wrapped or muffled quite up with a garment, and their feet fast bound. Another gives the sense thus; That they (namely the wicked) may be made to stand as covered over with a garment. The custom of old, was to cover the faces of malefactors, when found and declared guilty of horrid crimes.
There is yet another exposition of this 14th verse, They stand as a garment, that is, the wicked spoken of in the latter end of the former verse, and are there said, to be shaken out of the earth; who are also spoken of, in the following verse, where it is said, Their light is with-holden, and their high arm shall be broken. These wicked ones, when the light shines, are made to stand forth, as in a garment; That is (saith one Author, noted in the Margin) the wicked are then with-held from going on in their wickedness, or from prosecuting and promoting their evil designs and pu•poses, as if their faces were wrapt or muffled quite up with a garment, and their feet fast bound. Another gives the sense thus; That they (namely the wicked) may be made to stand as covered over with a garment. The custome of old, was to cover the faces of malefactors, when found and declared guilty of horrid crimes.
Both these Interpretations correspond clearly with the Context, both before and after; the Lord giving this as a special service, that the day-spring or light doth to mankind, the discovery and destruction of evil men; as will be seen more fully, in opening the next verse.