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Job 30:4

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

they might be said to be gathered under thorns when under that; since, as Pliny says, it has thorns instead of leaves; and the shadow of it, according to the poet , is very noxious and disagreeable. wqhny "clamabant", Vatablus, Mercerus; so Ben Gerson; "gemebant", Michaelis; so Broughton.

lwrx txt "sub carduis", Vatablus. "Sub sentibus", V. L. "sub vepreto aliquo", Tigurine version; "sub vepribus", Cocceius; "sub spina", Noldius, p. 193. Schultens. wxpoy "pungebantur", Junius & Tremellius; "se ulcerant", Gussetius, p.

565. so Ben Gersom; "they smarted", Broughton. Nat. Hist. l. 16. c. 24. "Juniperi gravis umbra----" Virgil. Bucolic. Eclog.

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