| William Sherlock - Death - 1814 - 298 pages
...and make them passionately desire it : Wherefore is light given tn him that is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul ? Which long for death, but it...exceedingly, and are glad when they can find the grave, Job. iii, 20, 22. My soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than life : I loathe it, I would not... | |
| James Reid - Clergy - 1815 - 456 pages
...account of God's afflicting providence. He took up Job's complaint, Wherefore is light given to him who is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul ; which...cometh not, and dig for it more than for hid treasures ; a See Doddridge on the place. b Doddridge, as above, Improvement. , e C. Nep. Epam. Cap. 3. _ •... | |
| Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...voice of the oppressor. 1 9 The small and great are there ; and the servant is free from his master. 20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul ; 21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures ; 22 Which... | |
| Sir Egerton Brydges - English prose literature - 1815 - 522 pages
...out, in the bitterness of thy soul, with that afflicted patient, and memorable mirror of patience : " Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul' ?" For thus by meditating of griefs, thou wouldst sooner labour for relief,... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 816 pages
...Drjdea. (a.) * To DIG. vn To work with a fpade ; to work in making holes, or turning the ground. — They long for death, but it cometh not ; and dig for it more than for hid treafures. yob, iii. 21. — The Italians have often dug into lands defcribcd in old authors, as the... | |
| 1817 - 1082 pages
...for death, but it "Prof4 "ootfth not; and dig for it more than "for *•"•*•* hid treasures; 22 his own land ; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own la 452 23 Why it light given to a man whose c H*H>"ST way is hid, ° and whom God hath hedg- or. isa.... | |
| 1818 - 948 pages
...voice of the oppressor. 19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master. 20 p. 27 And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad ¿л soul ; 21 Which long for death, but it cotnetk not; and dig for it more than forbid treasures;... | |
| Letter writing - 1818 - 254 pages
...comfort in this world, that they are rendy to say with Job of old, " Wherefore is light given to " hiin that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; which. " long for death and it cometh not, and dig for it more than " for hid treasures ; which rejoice exceedingly, and are... | |
| Bible - 1819 - 948 pages
...voice of the oppressor. 19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master. 20 to his seed for evermore. ' PSALM XIX. IT To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 21 Which long for death, but it cometk not; and dig for'it more than for hid treasures; 22 Which rejoice... | |
| Devotional exercises - 1819 - 286 pages
...1 live to experience sorrow, and to complain of existence itself as a burden. 9. Wherefore is life given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul. 10. Who long for death, but it eometh not, and search for it more than for hidden treasures. 11. Who... | |
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