Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when... Sartain's Union Magazine of Literature and Art - Side 216redigeret af - 1851Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| 1804 - 412 sider
...present with us because he is concealed from us. ' O that I knew where I might find him '.' says Job. ' Behold I go forward, but he is not there; and backward,...I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he does work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the ritiht hand that I cannot see him.' In... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 sider
...present with us, because he is concealed from us. " O that I knew where I might find him ! (says Job.) Behold I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him. On the left-hand, where he does work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the jight-hand, that... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 506 sider
...might argue my cause, and be delivered from hit condemning sentence. But my | wishes are vain j for Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there ;] and backward, but I cannot perceive him ; though he is every lohere present, yet I cannot tee him appearing to plead for me f I am to hurried... | |
| Ralph Erskine - 1806 - 338 sider
...turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy drofs, and take away all thy tin. Job xxiii. 10, God knoweth the way that I take ; when he hath tried me, I fhall come forth as gold. m Pfalm xxxix. 3, My heart was hot within me, while t was mufmg the 6re burned.... | |
| Joseph Washburn, Asahel Hooker - 1807 - 386 sider
...possessed of a desire, yet unable to approach him"jBehold," says he,"Igo forward, but he is not there: backward, but I cannot perceive him. On the left hand,...himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him." In this situation he exclaims, as in the text, " Oh, that I knew where•.I might find him, that I... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 494 sider
...present with us because he is concealed from us. ' O that I knew where I might find him !' says Job. ' Behold I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward,...I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he does work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand that I cannot see him.' In... | |
| Benjamin Beddome - 1807 - 546 sider
...complain thut he who should comfort their souls is far from them. I go forward, says the deserted soul, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him ; on the left hand where he doth work, but 1 cannot behold him : he hidelh himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him. This thought then... | |
| Samuel Stillman - 1808 - 428 sider
...harps on the willows, and refuse to be comforted. In this condition they adopt the language of Job, " Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward,...behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that J cannot see him." " O that I were as in months past !" How sudden and how melancholy the change, from... | |
| Charles Buck - 1808 - 332 sider
...experienced it. " O," says Job, " that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat. Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward,...left hand where he doth work, but I cannot behold him r he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him." " Lord," says David, " why castest thou... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 sider
...might hold a lowly contestation with him ; which once done, being absolved by his most XXIIJ. 8, 9 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, Kc. But, alas! I know not how to come to have speech with the Almighty : though he be every where,... | |
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