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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 16-18
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The sea is a confluence of many waters, the great vessel which God prepared to hold the multitude of waters, as was showed before at the eighth verse; only take notice,1 that the word which signifies the sea, is composed of the same letters (a little transposed) with that which signifies the water. The sea being the gathering together of waters, and water being the substance of the Sea, one word in substance serves them both in the Hebrew tongue. Yet others say it alludes, at least, to a word signifying to make a noise, or to roar; seas and floods make a terrible noise and roa•ing. David ascribes a voice to the floods (Psal. 93.3.) The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voices. These grammatical criticisms about words have their use, giving some light about the nature and qualities of things. But to the Text, Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea?
The sea is a consluence of many waters, the great vessel which God prepared to hold the multitude of waters, as was shewed before at the eighth verse; onely take notice,1 that the word which signifies the sea, is composed of the same letters (a little transposed) with that which signifies the water. The sea being the gathering together of waters, and water being the substance of the Sea, one word in substance serves them both in the Hebrew tongue. Yet others say it alludes, at least, to a word signifying to make a noise, or to roar; seas and floods make a terrible noise and roa•ing. David ascribes a voice to the floods (Psal. 93.3.) The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voices. These grammatical criticisms about words have their use, giving some light about the nature and qualities of things. But to the Text, Hast thou entred into the springs of the sea?
- 1M•re dicitur J•mim voce deducta à Maiim transpositis quibusdam literis.