The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-07-23

In viii, 2, the addition of the word.
in italics ''upon him." to the state
ment ''and he settled his countenanct
steadfastly," removes an ambiguity b,
| showing that it was the steady gaze O
Elisha that put Hazael to shame
In tx, s, and everywhere, the tern
''man child' expresses the full sense
and does away with a disagreeabl'
form of speech. ca similar cuphem
ism is introduced in xvii, 27.)
In xii, 4, the phrase ''curren
money! which exactly renders the
Hebrew, displaces the obscure state
ment. ''Evem the money of everyone
that passeth tie ucc0alnt.'
Many readers have stumbled at the
statement (xxii. 14.) that Huldat
dwelt at Jerusalem ''in the college,
but the word means, as the revision
has it, 'the second quarter of the city,
probably an addition recently made tc
it's Enclosure.
In ii. Chronicles, in the authorized
version, we read of oxen that com
passed the molted sea ten in a
cubit,' which is impossible The re-
VlSiOu l1LS IL iOI lCu CuUlCS.
The word "devils," in XII, Is, is in
correct, and is therefore rendered lit
orally, ''he goats The last words OF
this chapter, land he desired many
wives" which in the authorized YER
sion only repeat what has been al
ready said, are made in the revision to
have sense Which is legitimate and
in harmony with the connection. ''And
he sought for them 1.-THE sons just men
toned many wives.'
In the poetical books "sheol' re.
places ''hell,' which has been chang
ed in prose passages to ''the grave
and 1.-THE pitt with ''sheol'' in tho
margin. ''Of these rendcrings, hell, ~
says the preface, ''if it could he taken
in its original sense as used IN the
creeds would be Il fairly adequate
ca~iva,~ IT for The Hebrew word, but
it is SO commonly understood as the
place of torment that TO employ it fire.
quently would lead to inevitable mis-
understanding.
In Isaiah XIV, where ''hell'' is used
in more of it's original sense, the re-
visers have left "he]l'' in the text,
putting "sheol' in the margin.
l., 5, "Cursed Cod is rendered ere
nounced God.'
In ill.,, s, the change of "mourning'
into 'leviathan' Uhe marginal read
ing of the authorized version, is de-
manded by fidelity.
In ", 7, the reasoning of Eliphaz is
sadly perplcxcd in the authorized YER
sion by making him say "although
a1lliction comcth not, ETC., yet man
is born to trouble.' etc.; whereas,
what he says is really as the revision
gives it:
For affection cometh not forth of the
dust neither doth trouble spring out
OF the ground; but man is born unto
trouble
AS the sparks fly upward.
Sorrow does not come from natural
causes, but from mans sinful nature
In viii, -, as in seven other places,
"hypocrite' is changed to ''godlcss
man. which is the true meaning OF
the word.
In ix., 20, eff be wicked is Justly,
and with great advantage 10 the sense,
made to read: IL shall be condemned. -
In the very difficult verse, XII, II,
the revision renders:
But vain man would be wise,
though man IS born as a wild ass
colt.
And puts in the margin one of the
most probable of the many other rem
behring's, some of which show that il
the charge in the text is not true OF
race, it is of some members of it.
In xiii, 5, the obscure comparison Of
a man ready to fall to "a lamp dc
spised" disappears in the revision,
which renders faithfully and clearly,
'In the thought of him that is at ease
there is contempt for misfortune; it is
ready for them whose foot slippeth. -
We are glad to see that the common
version of xiii, -, 'Though he Stay
me, vet will l trust him. is substan.
TALLY retained, though most critics
give it different sense.
In ", 81, the obscure ''scttest a
print upon the heels of my fcet' be.
comes ''drawcst line about the soles
of my feet'-i. e., 'keepest me- q
prisoner"
The revision renders xvii, II: care
the consolation of Cod" ETC., moro
literally and forcibly, thus: care the
cons olations of God too small for thee,
and the word that dealeth gently with
thce?'
So in XVII, 21, it makes Job express
the wish that his witness, God. woulC
see right done him both with God and
with men.
The touching passage xvii, u, 1G,
"Whore is now my hope they shall e
down. ETC., is So altered as to show
Jobs conviction that the hope held
before him by his friends, instead OF
being realized, will go down with him
when once he finds rest in the grave.
Thus
Where, then. is my hope!
And as for my hope, who shall see it:
It shall 90 down to the bars Of sheol,
When once there is rest in the dust.
In xviii, 10, the meaningless words,
cit shall dwell in his tabernacle, be.
cause it is none of his'' become
"Tbere shall dwell in his tent that
which is none of his"-viz., strangers.
The notable passage XIX, 1921, is
greatly clarified. The offensive and
needless mention Of "worms,' to
which there is nothing answering it in
the Hebrew, is dropped. Job had just
expressed wish for perpetual rec
ord of his words that coming genera
tions might know his claim to rccti-
tude. This, however, was not enough.
Hence he adds: ''But l know
whatever their opinion may BEL
know that my redeemer liveth.'' This
indicator will stand up upon the
earth in a future day, and Job will see
Him. That vision of God will be all
that he needs, as it is an assurance of
peace and reconciliation. 1t will be
from his flesh, and as his body is said
to have been destroyed, it must be
from a new body, which implies re.
surrection. In the margin are stated
the other and more generally accept
ed views, which consider the vision as
made "without the fesh'-i. e., in a