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**to which . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 . In the Vulgate versions this is changed to a command: and it is quoted in support of "the invocation of saints".
**saints** = holy ones: i.e. the angels. Compare [Job 15:15](../../../kjv/job/15/15) .[Deuteronomy 33:2](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/33/2) .[Jude 1:14](../../../kjv/jude/1/14) . So Septuagint. See note on "holy". [Exodus 3:5](../../../kjv/exodus/3/5) .

**silly.** English = Anglo-Saxon *saelig* = inoffensive. Hebrew. *pathah =* credulous. Compare [Hosea 7:11](../../../kjv/hosea/7/11) .

**suddenly** = at once.
**cursed** = noted, stigmatized, or pointed out. Hebrew. *nakab:* i.e. "declared [the fate of) his habitation. "Supply Figure of speech *Ellipsis* ( App-6 ) by adding "saying", and mark verses: [Job 5:4](../../../kjv/job/5/4) , [Job 5:5](../../../kjv/job/5/5) as being what he said. See translation, below.

**children** = sons.

**man.** Hebrew. *'Adam.* App-14 .
**born unto trouble, &c.** Figure of speech *Paroemia.* App-6 .
**sparks.** Hebrew sons of flame.

**I would seek.** The pronoun "I" is emphatic, and stands in contrast with "thou" in [Job 5:1](../../../kjv/job/5/1) .

**marvellous.** Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and marvellous".

**fields** = out-places.

**enterprise** = something stable. See note on "sound wisdom". [Proverbs 2:7](../../../kjv/proverbs/2/7) .

**He taketh, &c.** This is quoted in [1 Corinthians 3:19](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/3/19) direct.
**froward** = perverse. Hebrew. *pathal,* to twist.

**meet** = meet repeatedly.

**poor** = needy.
**from.** Some codices, with Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "of".

**Behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.* App-6 . Compare [Psalms 94:12](../../../kjv/psalms/94/12) .[Proverbs 3:11](../../../kjv/proverbs/3/11) , [Proverbs 3:12](../../../kjv/proverbs/3/12) .[Hebrews 12:5](../../../kjv/hebrews/12/5) .[James 1:12](../../../kjv/james/1/12) .
**man.** Hebrew. *'enosh.* App-14 .
**GOD.** Hebrew El. App-4 .
**THE ALMIGHTY.** Hebrew Shaddai. See App-4 .

**bindeth up . . . His hands.** Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia.* App-6 .

**six.** Named in the following verses.

**famine** = famishing. Hebrew. *ra'gab.* Compare [Job 5:22](../../../kjv/job/5/22) .
**power.** Hebrew = hands. Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), App-6 ; hands put for the destructive power which is in them.

**famine** = pains of hunger. Hebrew. *kaphan.* Not the same word as [Job 5:20](../../../kjv/job/5/20) .
**laugh.** Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), App-6 , put for the feeling of security expressed by it.

**thou shalt be in league** = thy covenant shall be stones. Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Species), App-6 , put for whatever is hurtful to the soil.

**tabernacle** = tent, or less settled house.
**shalt not sin** = shalt nothing miss. Hebrew. *chata'.* App-44 . See below.

**great** = many.

**grave.** Hebrew. *keber.* See App-35 .
**shock** = stack. Hebrew. *gadish,* a heap of sheaves of corn.
**cometh in** = mounteth up.

**thy good** = thyself.

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