 | British essayists - 1802 - 330 pages
...friends, who when they first discovered him in this altered condition, destitute, afflicted, tormented, ' sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven...him, for they saw that his grief was very great.' Let us candidly confess, that this noble passage is equal, if not superior, to that celebrated description... | |
 | 1803 - 240 pages
...friends, who when they first discovered him in this altered condition, destitute, afflicted, tormented, " sat down with " him upon the ground seven days, and...him, for they saw that " his grief was very great/' Let us candidly confess, that this noble passage is equal, if not superior to that celebrated description... | |
 | 1858 - 860 pages
...him not, they lifted up their voices and wept, and they sat down with him on the ground, and no man spake a word unto him ; for they saw that his grief was very great (Job ii. 12, 13). As I entered the room he stretched out his hand to greet me, and for some minutes no word... | |
 | 1809 - 556 pages
...him. Ver. 13. So they s.-it dawn with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights : and none spate a word unto him, for they saw that his grief was very great.] And when they approached nearer him, they only sat down iipon the earth, in the same mournful posture... | |
 | John Wesley - 1812 - 452 pages
...following : ' They were all with one accord in one place,' Acts ii. 1. ' So they sat down with him seveVi days' and seven nights, and none spake a word unto...for they saw that his grief was very great,' Job. ii. 13. ' Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of God — And I sat astonied... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pages
...wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. 13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven...him : for they saw that his grief was very great. CHAP. III. AFTER this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. 2 And Job spake, and said, 3 Let the... | |
 | 1819 - 332 pages
...friends, who when they first discovered him in this altered condition, destitute, afflicted, tormented, ' sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven...him, for they saw that his grief was very great.' Let us candidly confess, that this noble passage is equal, if not superiof, to that celebrated description... | |
 | 1819 - 948 pages
...wept; and they rent ever; one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upoi their heads toward heaven. 13 So they ins, and their nobles with fetters CHAF. III. AFTER this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. 2 And Job spake, and said, 3 Let the... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 334 pages
...behaviour of hjs they first discovered him in 'h |S 'itute, afflicted, tormented, ' the ground seven days seven nights; and none spake a word unto him, for they saw that his grief was very great.' Let us candidly confess, that this noble passage is equal, if not superior,, to that celebrated description... | |
 | 1821 - 790 pages
...wept and sat there before the Lord, and fasted that day nntil even." Judges xx. •••<;. " So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven.... for they saw that his grief was very great." Job ii. 13. " There is a custom peculiar to tbe Afghauns (see p. <;<;. b iv.) called Nanuawautee (from... | |
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And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven... 
