 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.  The British Critic: A New Review - Стр. 2421823Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Daniel Bellamy - 1789 - Страниц: 512
...th;s apology may be juftly ftylcd a fine epitome ** of morality and religion." SCOTT. IF VERSE XXVI. IF I BEHELD THE SUN WHEN IT SHINED, OR THE MOON WALKING IN BRIGHTNESS, &c. " SABIISM, or the worfhip of the heavenly bodies, was doubtlefs the moft " ancient fpecies of idolatry.... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1821 - Страниц: 678
...as saying, " If I beheld the sun wheu it shined, or the moon walking in brightness, and my heart has been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand; this also were an iniquity: — for I should have denied the God that is above." It is indeed true that " the heavens declaie the... | |
 | William Hurd - 1799 - Страниц: 952
...one of those who believed in the true God, says, in his own vindication, " If I beheld the sun while it shined, or the moon walking in brightness : and...secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand, &c." Job xxxi. 26, 27. This was a solemn oath, and the ceremony performed In the following manner :... | |
 | William Russell - 1801 - Страниц: 522
...patriarch, in vindication of his innocence. " If I beheld the SUN, when it shined," says he, " or die " MOON walking in brightness; and my heart hath been...secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand, I " should have denied the GOD that is above363." Here we discover an allusion to the worship of the... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1804 - Страниц: 670
...thecahes. To kifs the hand had the fame fignification as in Job. xxxi, 26_27, If I beheld the sun when he 'shined, or the moon walking in brightness, and my heart hath been secretly inticed, or my mouth hath kissed my Tiand. Ps. III. From a very early to the late ft period of "his... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - Страниц: 500
...my confidence ; if I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much ; if I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking...-were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. If I rejoiced at the destrOction of him that hated me,... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - Страниц: 504
...much ; if I immoderately rejoiced in the 26 wealth left me by my ancestors, or in what I hud gelten ; If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking [in] brightness ; a beautiful description of the moon passing through the -Í7 clouds ; And my heart hath been secretly... | |
 | Thomas Maurice - 1806 - Страниц: 404
...the devout JOB makes. protestation of his innocence as to the crime of this prevailing idolatry :'* If I beheld the SUN when it shined or the MOON walking...brightness, and my heart hath been secretly enticed or my month hath kissed my hand, this, also, were an iniquity to be punished by the Judge; for, I should... | |
 | Samuel Barnard - 1806 - Страниц: 352
...says he " If I have " made gold my hope, and have said to theJine " gold, Thou art my confidence, 8$c. this also were " an iniquity to be punished by the Judge ; for I " should have denied the God that is above," Job xxxi. 28. David also speaking of the great majesty... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1807 - Страниц: 338
...made by him of his integrity in the observance of his duties, he calls God to witness: " That, as he beheld the " sun, when it shined, or the moon walking " in brightness, his heart had never been " secretly enticed, his mouth had never " kissed his hand." Among the Persians,... | |
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