The Book of Job : translated from the Hebrew on the basis of the authorized version : explained in a large body of notes, critical and exegetical, and illustrated by extracts from various works on antiquities, geography, science, etc., also by eighty woodcuts and a map ; with six preliminary dissertations, an analytical paraphrase, and Meisner's and Doederlein's selection of the various readings of the Hebrew text from the collations of Kennicott and De Rossi . battle rages, and horsemen or camel-riders contend in single 480 ILLUSTRATIONS, JOB XXXIX. 30. combat, or mix in general fight, flying
The Book of Job : translated from the Hebrew on the basis of the authorized version : explained in a large body of notes, critical and exegetical, and illustrated by extracts from various works on antiquities, geography, science, etc., also by eighty woodcuts and a map ; with six preliminary dissertations, an analytical paraphrase, and Meisner's and Doederlein's selection of the various readings of the Hebrew text from the collations of Kennicott and De Rossi . battle rages, and horsemen or camel-riders contend in single 480 ILLUSTRATIONS, JOB XXXIX. 30. combat, or mix in general fight, flying or pursuing, the Beni Atye (a considerabletribe of the Arabs between Syria and the Red Sea, among whose numbers arethe Omran, Howeytat, and Terabin) frequently utter with a loud voice thefollowing verses:— Vou birds ivith the bald heads, you Rahham and Haddzy,If you desire human Jlesh, be present on the day of combat. The Rakham and Haddzy are birds of prey—the former an eagle, the lattera falcon. This battle-song is called by the Arabs Boushdn. These are the very birds which God classes together in the passage before usin verses 26—30. JOB XL. 19. His maker presented him his scythe, That the mountains might bring him provision. I must refer the reader to the illustration on ch. v. 26, where he will observethat the form of the ancient Egyptian scythe or reaping-hook was very similar tothat of the tusks of the river-horse or hippopotamus. JOB PISHING WITH Geotjisd i; out the crocodile with a his tongue with a cord ivhich thou 1 in the above illustration sliows how fish were drawn out of the waterwith a hook; figure 2, hoio a cord urns sunk in order to catch them. The importof Gods language to Job here isj—Deal, if you can, with the crocodile as youwould with an ordinary fish^2.
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