 | 1814 - 570 pages
...are not, therefore, very easily recalled when wanted. " Now a thing was secretly brought to me, aml mine ear received a little thereof. In thoughts, from...bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; and the hair of my flesh stood up : it stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof : an... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1815 - 582 pages
...In thoughts from the visions of the " night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, fear came upon rne, and " trembling, which made all my bones to shake....but I could not discern the form thereof; an image was " before mine eyes ; there was silence ; and I heard a voice — Shall "mortal man be more just... | |
 | Robert Morehead - 1816 - 492 pages
...which introduces the words of the text. " Now a thing was " secretly brought to me," says Eliphaz, " and mine ear received a little thereof. " In thoughts...I could not discern the form *' thereof: an image was before mine eyes ; " there was silence ; and I heard a voice, " saying, Shall mortal man be more... | |
 | 1834 - 614 pages
...indistinctness rousing the imagination, is finely depicted in Job iv. 14. Eliphaz describes it thus — "Fear came upon me, and trembling which made all my...still, but I could not discern the form thereof.'' The senses, in this description, are but slightly affected ; the eye could not discern any specific... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 538 pages
...passage of the book of Job: " In thoughts from the visions of the night, when " deep sleep falleth upon men, fear came upon me, " and trembling, which made...but I could not " discern the form thereof; an image was before " my eyes; there was silence ; and I heard a voice " — Shall mortal man be more just than... | |
 | 1821 - 506 pages
...modern writers can produce a similar instance of the sublime, equal to the following passage of Job. "In thoughts from the visions "of the night, when...of my flesh stood up ; it stood still, but I could Bot discern the form thereof; an image was before mine eyes. There was silence; and I heard a voice,... | |
 | 1848 - 704 pages
...with us. We believe that He can : we are certain that He has done so. Elipha/. speaks thus to Job : " Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear...but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, and I heard a still voice, saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God ? shall... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...of the young lions, are broken. The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. Now a thing was secretly brought...but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, Shall mortal man be more just... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pages
...parallel among the Greek or Roman poets. They bring to mind that noble description in the book of Job: "In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep...but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes : — There was silence, and I heard a voice — Shall mortal man be more just... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1823 - 468 pages
...professed authority of inspiration, the doctrine which is afterwards discussed throughout the entire poem. In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep...all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before 1 Job iii. my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up : it stood still, but I could not discern the form... | |
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In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: it stood still, but I could not discern... 
