Scripture Natural History: Containing a Descriptive Account of the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Insects, Reptiles, Serpents, Plants, Trees, Minerals, Gems, and Precious Stones, Mentioned in the BibleLincoln, Edmands & Company, 1833 - 408 pages |
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... translated , are no where used to denote an armed man , or ' a man of a shield , ' as some would render them literally ; but the Chal- dee paraphrast translates them thus , ' swift like an Aashare , ' or , mounted on an Aashare , i . e ...
... translated , are no where used to denote an armed man , or ' a man of a shield , ' as some would render them literally ; but the Chal- dee paraphrast translates them thus , ' swift like an Aashare , ' or , mounted on an Aashare , i . e ...
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... translation , by which at has been substituted for out . The passage as it now stands , conveys no sense : it should be , Ye strain out the gnat , and swallow down the camel . ' The allusion is to the custom which prevailed among both ...
... translation , by which at has been substituted for out . The passage as it now stands , conveys no sense : it should be , Ye strain out the gnat , and swallow down the camel . ' The allusion is to the custom which prevailed among both ...
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... translation , would not be so great , did we not know , that however lax the Jews were in points of morality , no kind or extent of suffering could induce them to vio- late the ceremonial precepts of the law , and more especially those ...
... translation , would not be so great , did we not know , that however lax the Jews were in points of morality , no kind or extent of suffering could induce them to vio- late the ceremonial precepts of the law , and more especially those ...
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... translate the passage which has given occasion to these observations , not ' the head of an ass , ' but the head of measure ; ' for the letters are precisely the same in the original . But what must we do with the head ? ' inquires Mr ...
... translate the passage which has given occasion to these observations , not ' the head of an ass , ' but the head of measure ; ' for the letters are precisely the same in the original . But what must we do with the head ? ' inquires Mr ...
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... translated " Satyrs , ' in Isa . xiii . 21 ; where the LXX render it dæmons . Maimonides gives light to this obscure passage , by informing us , that the Zabian idolaters wor- shipped demons under the figure of goats , imagining them to ...
... translated " Satyrs , ' in Isa . xiii . 21 ; where the LXX render it dæmons . Maimonides gives light to this obscure passage , by informing us , that the Zabian idolaters wor- shipped demons under the figure of goats , imagining them to ...
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Page 109 - AS the hart panteth after the water brooks, •** so panteth my soul after thee, O God. ' My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : when shall I come and appear before God?
Page 71 - Therefore they shall come and • sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd : and their soul shall be as a watered garden ; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
Page 98 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : Thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, And it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
Page 143 - My dove, my undefiled is but one ; She is the only one of her mother, She is the choice one of her that bare her.
Page 143 - For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.
Page 300 - Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven ; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
Page 74 - And when he putteth forth his own sheep he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him ; for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him; for they know not the voice of strangers.
Page 66 - I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint : my heart is like wax ; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Page 294 - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Page 146 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.