 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.  Curious Myths of the Middle Ages - Pagina 189door Sabine Baring-Gould - 2007 - 388 pagina’sGedeeltelijke weergave - Over dit boek
 | Monthly literary register - 1821 - 678 pagina’s
...as saying, " If I beheld the sun wheu it shined, or the moon walking in brightness, and my heart has been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand; this also were an iniquity: — for I should have denied the God that is above." It is indeed true that " the heavens declaie the... | |
 | William Hurd - 1799 - 952 pagina’s
...who believed in the true God, says, in his own vindication, " If I beheld the sun while it shined, or the moon walking in brightness : and my heart hath...secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand, &c." Job xxxi. 26, 27. This was a solemn oath, and the ceremony performed In the following manner :... | |
 | William Russell - 1801 - 522 pagina’s
...patriarch, in vindication of his innocence. " If I beheld the SUN, when it shined," says he, " or die " MOON walking in brightness; and my heart hath been...secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand, I " should have denied the GOD that is above363." Here we discover an allusion to the worship of the... | |
 | William Smith - 1803 - 584 pagina’s
...sheep — If I have made Gold my hope, or have said " to the fine Gold, thou art my confidence — this were " an iniquity to be punished by the Judge; for I " should have denied that God is above*" — So that the sum of his argument seems to amount just to this — That if out... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pagina’s
...my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much ; if I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness ; and my heart hath...judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. If I rejoiced at the destrOction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him : neither... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 504 pagina’s
...kissed my hand, which was the ancient way of worshipping them : whence comes the word ad28 oration ; This also [were] an iniquity [to be punished by] the...: for I should have denied the God [that is] above ; it. 29 -¡vas яо in Job's time. If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted... | |
 | Samuel Barnard - 1806 - 352 pagina’s
...says he " If I have " made gold my hope, and have said to theJine " gold, Thou art my confidence, 8$c. this also were " an iniquity to be punished by the...should have denied the God that is above," Job xxxi. 28. David also speaking of the great majesty of Christ's kingdom, says, " The Heavens " shall declare... | |
 | Thomas Maurice - 1806 - 404 pagina’s
...his innocence as to the crime of this prevailing idolatry :'* If I beheld the SUN when it shined or the MOON walking in brightness, and my heart hath been secretly enticed or my month hath kissed my hand, this, also, were an iniquity to be punished by the Judge; for, I should... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pagina’s
...the bench. XXXI. 26, 27, 28. If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in tn-ightness; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand : This also were an ini* XXXI. 31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh ! we cannot be satisfied.... | |
 | 1808 - 558 pagina’s
...ancient idolaters worshipped beings they could not touch : If I beheld the sun ivhen it shined, or the moon walking in brightness : and my heart hath been secretly enticed, and my mouth hath kissed my hand, said Job, ch. xxx, 26, 27. k That this would have been an idolatrous... | |
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