 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: By S. Baring-Gould - Pagina 338door Sabine Baring-Gould - 1873 - 660 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1823 - 704 pagina’s
...he attempts to establish by an appeal to Job xxxi. 26 — 28. If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness ; and my heart hath...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... | |
 | Philip Dixon Hardy - 1823 - 126 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...extensive. This divine writer* says, chap. xxxi. 26 — 28, ' If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness ; and my heart hath...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 of... | |
 | 1824 - 884 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Thomas Wood - 1825 - 440 pagina’s
...Concerning the former of these, Job, who lived about AM 2600, says, " If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness ; and my heart hath...; for I should have denied the God that is above." As to the latter, Euhemerus, in the account he wrote on the gods, shows that they were only men. There... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 552 pagina’s
...shined, or the moon walking in brightness, and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand, this also were an iniquity to be punished...for I should have denied the God that is above.'" Had the afficted man done this, in the case to which he refers, it would have been an idolatrous action,... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1825 - 630 pagina’s
...express his not having fallen into idolatry, very elegantly says, 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.) ; for to kiss and to worship are synonymous terms in Scripture, as appears... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 698 pagina’s
...the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven, Dent. iv. 19. This also wer« an iniquity to be punished by the judge ; for I should have denied toe God that ii above, Job red. 28. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - 1826 - 692 pagina’s
...Job lived, that these were recognised as objects of worship. " 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 *." The splendour and usefulness of the sun and moon led the Chaldeans and Assyrians, among whom their... | |
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