 | British essayists - 1802 - 266 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 b,ackwa.rd,...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... | |
 | John Smalley - 1803 - 454 sider
...to his seat ! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments." And ver. 8, 9, " Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward,...himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him." Job wanted to reason with God, one would suppose from these complaints, not being able to comprehend... | |
 | Andrew Lee - 1803 - 422 sider
...hidings of God's face, fo that they cannot difcover him. This made no fmall part of Job's trial — " Behold I go forward but he is not there ; and backward,...he doth work, but I cannot behold him ; he hideth himfelf on the right hand that I cannot fee him." Could he have known the reafons of his trials it... | |
 | 1803 - 488 sider
...had withdrawn himfelf, which made her lament in the language of Job, " Behold I go forward but lie is not there, and backward but I cannot perceive him...he doth work, but I cannot behold him ; he hideth himfelf on the right hand, that I cannot fee him — О that I knew where I might find him." Being... | |
 | 1803 - 342 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... | |
 | 1804 - 828 sider
...now underftand, I dare fay, more perfectly than you ever did before, the penfive language of Job, " I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but...he doth work, but I cannot behold him ; he hideth himfelf on the right hand that I cannot fee him." This is very much your own cafe. It is a fad one,... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 sider
...to his seat ! Will he plead against me with his groat power? No ; but he would put strength in me. Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward,...hand. where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideih himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: but he knoweth the way that I take : when... | |
 | 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 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... | |
 | Benjamin Beddome - 1807 - 546 sider
...lost the comfort he once enjoyed, and is now in a state of spiritual desertion. I go forward, says he, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive...hand where he doth work, but I cannot behold him ; he hidcth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him. Seeking supposes the absence of the object... | |
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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... 
