1There is an elegance in the word rendered springs, which some derive from a root which signifies to weep or shed tears: Hast tho• entered among the tears o• weeping places of the sea? The same word in the Hebrew signifies an eye,2 as also a spring or fountain; because as the eye drops, yea pours out tears (David saith, Rivers of tears run down mine eyes) so, springs pour out waters, and are, as it were, weeping continually. Others derive the word from a root, which signifieth to be infolden or entangled; and so they render it, Hast thou entered into the perplexities or intricacies of the sea? Pharaoh used that word in the Verb (Exod. 14.3.) concerning the people of Israel, They are entangled or perplexed in the land: he thought he had caught them in the briars, and should have had his will, or satisfied his lust on them. The sense is much the same, whether we read the springs or the perplexities and intricate places of the sea; both ⟨p. 147⟩tending to the same purpose, to show Job his utter incompetency and inability for such an adventure. Hast thou entered into the springs Of the sea?
1There is an elegancy in the word rendred springs, which some derive from a root which signifies to weep or shed tears: Hast tho• entred among the tears o• weeping places of the sea? The same word in the Hebrew signifies an eye,2 as also a spring or fountain; because as the eye drops, yea pours out tears (David saith, Rivers of tears run down mine eyes) so, springs pour out waters, and are, as it were, weeping continually. Others derive the word from a root, which signifieth to be infolden or intangled; and so they render it, Hast thou entred into the perplexities or intricacies of the sea? Pharaoh used that word in the Verb (Exod. 14.3.) concerning the people of Israel, They are intangled or perplexed in the land: he thought he had caught them in the briars, and should have had his will, or satisfied his lust on them. The sense is much the same, whether we read the springs or the perplexities and intricate places of the sea; both ⟨p. 147⟩tending to the same purpose, to shew Job his utter incompetency and inability for such an adventure. Hast thou entred into the springs Of the sea?
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] Ad plor•ta, i. e. lacrymas m•ri•. Drus.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Ad plor•ta, i. e. lacrymas m•ri•. Drus.
- 2Aliqui [Greek or Hebrew] fluenta, non a flendo, sed a [Greek or Hebrew] perplex•m esse deducunt. Et reddunt perplexitates morris. Sensus eodem recidit, sed Grammatica magis quadrat ut a [Greek or Hebrew] flevit destectatur. M•rc.Aliqui 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 fluenta, non a flendo, sed a 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 perplex•m esse deducunt. Et reddunt perplexitates m•ris. Sensus eodem recidit, sed Grammatica magis quadrat ut a 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 flevit destectatur. M•rc.
