answered and said = replied and said. The idiom ( App-6 ) requires that the first verb (where nothing has been as yet said) must be rendered according to the context: "spake", "prayed", "began", "concluded", &c. Here it = replied and said. See note on Deuteronomy 1:41 .

assay = attempt, or try.
to commune = a word.
who . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 .
speaking. Hebrew. millah = words composing the matter of what is said.

words = sayings. Hebrew. millah. See note on "speaking" (Job 4:2 ).
falling = stumbling.

Is not . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 . The Authorized Version of 1611 reads "confidence; the uprightness of thy ways and thy hope? "First altered in the Cambridge edition of 1638. Name of editor is unknown.

who . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 .

blast. Hebrew. neshamah. App-16 .
breath = spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9 .
nostrils. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia.

a little = a whispering.

men. Hebrew, plural of 'enosh. App-14 .

all = the multitude of.

a spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9 :. a movement of air, caused by something unseen.

Shall. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 .
mortal man. Hebrew. 'enosh. App-14 .
man = strong man. Hebrew. geber. App-14 .

put no trust = putteth no faith in. Hebrew. 'aman. App-69 . Compare Job 15:15 , Job 15:31 .
servants = messengers (Psalms 104:4 ).
charged = will charge.

houses of clay. Compare 2 Corinthians 5:1 .
before = sooner than.