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**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](../../../kjv/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](../../../kjv/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](../../../kjv/job/15/15) , [Job 15:31](../../../kjv/job/15/31) .
**servants** = messengers ([Psalms 104:4](../../../kjv/psalms/104/4) ).
**charged** = will charge.

**houses of clay.** Compare [2 Corinthians 5:1](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/5/1) .
**before** = sooner than.

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