The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1857-01-02
COMMON VERSION



ing variations from it.
COMMON VERSION REVISION.
Thsn Satan answered And satan sn,EsrsdJe.
ths Lord and said, Doth hovah, and said For
sob feaFood Ter noughtl nought doth Job fear
G6dl
And there vas a DAY Nov Il was the day
When bic sons q dauEh. that his sons ami daueh.
eera Werp satlng and tar were eating, and
dnnking wise 10 their drinking vine, 10 the
eldest broiher'a house. houle Of their brother
the dpLborn.
ToF ny slghing eome,h For with my food comes
before ! esi, and my my slghingi
foaragl are poured out aud my moans aFs pour.
Afs the waters. cd forth % Wator.
h no, fhis ,hy fear, Isno, Thy fear Thy con
hy confidence, thy 6dencei
hopes snd the upright thy hope, Il ia the up
aeis Of Thy wsyi1 rlgh,ness oflhy wAya
Let darkneis snd the Let darkness snd
shadow ofdeaih aiain lti death thado rsclaim IL;
esiihsr lst Il zee the neither let 4, behold
da"ning ofihs dsy. the ey-lids of,he mora
ing.
II win bo seen that these improvements
possess no value in rendering more lucid
IAo meaning Of the original. but in most
instances are positively worse, both in
manner of expression, and in perspicuiiy
Of style.
incidentally We would commend this
most ancient Of all poems to our literary
friends, S,mAny Of whom have not sufficient.
y cultivated an acquaintance with its
beauties. Take. for instance. the desorp.
tiOu Of an Arabian war ar.horse. In mere
utiliarian point Of view, - as a matter Of
agricultural interest, we doubt il suoh
specimens Of horse lesh are to be soen
after threee thousand years Of culture.
This book was written in Arabic, pro
badly in the palace Of Ptolomy. the
arst king Of the Pharaoh line, in Egypt.
three thousand four hundred years ago.
long before the pyramids or the sphyu1
were thought Of, and while Babylon was
ysta tented village Of shepherds.
ABANDON historical fact or two respect
ing Il may be interesting. Sixty Eve
years after this book had been written.
CADNus left Egypt and landed on the
shores. Of Greece, then inhabited by bar
barous tribes who lived upon roots,
aoOrDS and oarrion. He taught them the
Arls Of civilization and letters, aud they
became the magnificent people of whom
Deuostbsnes,l SOoratea. de-, 30. are
samples, HOnor,th most ancient proiane
writer. wrote his Illiad In Greek These
historical facts show not only the super
iority il antiquity Of the Book OF job. but
also the fact that the Grecian sAges wers
acquainted with It's philosophy. The
wise men Of Greece, nearly all made pill
grimAges to EgyPttO educate thOmselve'
IN lis arts, science aud literature. and re-
turning. Fscited their knowledge to disei.
pies 10 the Academic groves aud temples
That the grand epic Of Job, written by q
member Of the royal iouse Of the Lsgide
Aad read BY all the learned Magii, was mol
familiar 70 them. is not = suppOsAbls case
From Il aud the five Books Of Moses
which were also translated into Egyptian
there can be no doubt that Socrates deriv
% bis philosophy OF the Immortality o
che soul History points out the Origir
Of al Grecian and Roman enlightenment
Ito wiz. the B,nLE; and no ray Of ligh
snong any people has ever been discover
ed which could not either directly or 10,
directly be traced to the divine philosophy
taught FIRST By that inspired book,