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**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .

**he that contendeth** = the caviller, or reprover.
**THE ALMIGHTY.** Hebrew Shaddai. App-4 .
**he that reproveth** = contender with, or disputer.

**I am vile.** This is true wisdom. This is "the end of the Lord" ([James 5:11](../../../kjv/james/5/11) ), and the "end" of this whole book.
**what . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 .
**lay mine hand, &c.** Symbolic of silence and submission.

**Once . . . twice.** Hebrew idiom ( App-6 ) for doing a thing repeatedly. Compare [Psalms 62:11](../../../kjv/psalms/62/11) .
**but.** Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, omit "but".

**man.** Hebrew. *geber.* App-14 .

**an arm.** Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia.* App-6 .
**GOD.** Hebrew El. App-4 .

**rage** = overflowings.

**wicked** = lawless. Hebrew. *rasha'.* App-44 .
**behemoth:** probably the hippopotamus (Greek for river-horse).

**Lo.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.* App-6 .
**navel** = muscles.

**trusteth** = believeth. Hebrew. *batah.* App-69 .

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