 If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness ; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, Or my mouth hath kissed my hand : This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge : For I should have denied the God that is above.  The Juvenile instructor and companion - Page 153by Young people - 1882Full view - About this book
 | 1822 - 872 pages
...period, is certain from the words of JOB, who thus exculpates himself from the charge of idolatry : " If I beheld the Sun when it shined, or the Moon walking in brightness, «nd my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand ; this also were an iniquity... | |
 | William Brown - 1823 - 650 pages
...Lavinia in Virgil/ and kissed their hand to the sun, in token of veneration. Accordingly, Job says8 " If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking...; for I should have denied the God that is above." This custom is confirmed by several later heathen authors; for Lucian, Ilfpt op£)7O"ttj$, mentions... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1823 - 468 pages
...already cited for a different purpose, the holy man is described as speaking in the following terms. If I beheld the Sun when it shined, or the Moon walking...THE JUDGE; for I should have denied the God that is above1. We cannot but observe, that Job here represents idolatry as A SIN LIABLE TO BE PUNISHED 1 Job... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1823 - 578 pages
...worship of the heavenly bodies had become extensive. This divine Writer* says, chap. xxxi. 26 — 28, If I beheld the sun, when it shined, or the moon,...punished by the judge : for I should have denied the God tJuit is above. Job probably lived between 1600 and 1700 years before Christ; or about three hundred... | |
 | 1823 - 704 pages
...Moses. The former of these positions he attempts to establish by an appeal to Job xxxi. 26 — 28. If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking...WERE AN INIQUITY TO BE PUNISHED BY THE JUDGE; for 1 should have denied the God that is above. Job, he argues is here represented as speaking of a law... | |
 | John Landseer - 1823 - 430 pages
...magistracy. " If, (says the venerable sufferer) I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon progressive in brightness ; and my heart hath been secretly enticed,...for I should have denied the God that is above."* And on account of this prevailing heresy, Moses, — either by divine direction, or, finding that those... | |
 | Philip Dixon Hardy - 1823 - 126 pages
...shined; or the moon walking in her brightness, and my heart had been secretly enticed ; or my mouth had kissed my hand, this also were an iniquity to be punished by the Judge, for I should have denied the God which was above." —Job, c. 31, v. 26. It was the common opinion of philosophers of the earlier ages,... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1824 - 528 pages
...worship of the heavenly bodies had become extensive. This divine writer* says, chap. xxxi. 26 — 28, ' If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking...: for I should have denied the God that is above.' Job probably lived between one thousand six hundred, and one thousand * I consider Job as the author... | |
 | 1824 - 884 pages
...during a Visit to Egypt, Nubia, Sfc. p. 261. Job xxxi. 26, 27. " If I beheld the sun when it shined, — and my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand." " When once an Arab has given his faith, his hospitality is inviolable. We sat down cross-legged; coffee... | |
 | 1824 - 890 pages
...Visit to Egypt, Nubia, Sfc. p. 261. Job xxxi. 26, 27. " If I ЬеЬеИ the sun when it shined, — and my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand." " When once an Arab has given his faith, his hospitality is inviolable. We sat down cross-legged; coffee... | |
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