The Apocrypha ...: Being the Version Set Forth A.D. 1611, Compared with ... Ancient Authorities and Revised A.D. 1894

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University Press, 1906 - 182 pages

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Page 116 - Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
Page 9 - And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy...
Page 59 - Wherefore I prayed, and understanding was given me: I called upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me.
Page 60 - For she is a breath of the power of God, and a clear effluence of the glory of the Almighty; therefore can nothing defiled find entrance into her.
Page 121 - O ye whales and all that move in the waters, bless ye the Lord; praise him and magnify him for ever.
Page 70 - For the same things uttered in Hebrew, and translated into another tongue, have not the same force in them, and not only these things, but the law itself, and the prophets and the rest of the books, have no small difference, when they are spoken in their own language.
Page 102 - All these put their trust in their hands ; and each becometh wise in his own work. Without these shall not a city be inhabited, and men shall not sojourn nor walk up and down therein. They shall not be sought for in the council of the people, and in the assembly they shall not mount on high ; they shall not sit on the seat of the judge, and they shall not understand the covenant of judgement; neither shall they declare instruction and judgement, and where parables are they shall not be found. But...
Page 82 - Say not thou, It is through the Lord that I fell away: for thou oughtest not to do the things that he hateth. Say not thou, He hath caused me to err: for he hath no need of the sinful man.
Page 122 - And it fell out, as they watched a fit time, she went in as before with two maids only, and she was desirous to wash herself in the garden: for it was hot.
Page 110 - I have not taken any man's goods, so much as a shoe: and no man did accuse him.

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