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Job 17:1 open_in_new
breath. spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
is. has become.
corrupt. consumed.
extinct. Hebrew. Za'ak. Occurs only here.
the graves. The Septuagint reads as in translation below.
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Job 17:2 open_in_new
continue in. constantly dwell on.
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Job 17:3 open_in_new
Lay down now. Appoint it so,. pray.
put me, &c.. be thou my bond. Compare Isaiah 38:14 ("undertake").
who is he... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. The answer is given in Job 17:4 by Figure of speech Ellipsis (App-6), "[not they]".
strike hands. The idiom for making. compact. Compare Proverbs 6:1; Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 17:18; Proverbs 22:26, &c.
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Job 17:5 open_in_new
He that, &c. Supply Ellipsis, as in translation below; and treat Job 17:5 as. quotation.
children. sons.
fail. look in vain.
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Job 17:6 open_in_new
aforetime. in former times. Compare Ruth 4:7,
tabret. a drum. Hebrew. topheth. To the sound and warning of which people gave heed. See note on 1 Samuel 10:5. After this verse imagine. pause.
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Job 17:7 open_in_new
members. limbs.
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Job 17:10 open_in_new
you. So some codices, with Syriac and "Vulgate, which Authorized Version and Revised Version followed. Other codices read "them".
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Job 17:12 open_in_new
darkness. Hebrew. hashak. See note on Job 3:6.
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Job 17:13 open_in_new
the grave. Hebrew. Sheol. App-35. Compare Job 17:16.
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Job 17:16 open_in_new
the pit. Hebrew. Sheol. App-35. Compare Job 17:13.