244 Chap. 22. :xpcfitic,tsrrrn the 73ook,f JOB. Verf. 2j. Dt:Sit pit) terra earth a Rccke, eons/for a R.ckflreams of gold ; which is a prover- ft icern Z!r pro biall;fpeeclt,i mpl y ing a change for the beccer;as if he had faid,thou. w b `ore who faad[t a randy foundation,fhall now build upon a rock as (Iu11íh. 7. 27.) And we finde ruch langtHge in the Prophet Ufa. 6o. 7.) where theLord prorni'eth, for brafje .1 will bring gold, for Irongiver, for wood brajje, &c. So here, For earth I will give thee fiore, ants/ forfiione Golden brooks, er brooks ofGold,that is, Chofe brookes ;rheregold ¡e, or, I will give thee much Gold cut of thofe brookes, Pd.y;ponendopro 7unius teems to favour this tranflttion molt of all, rendring pulvere 1: ügi- the whole verfe. thus, connexing it with the foriner ; Thou ¡halt mum per be built up,&c. and that bygiving thee the daft the choiceft.gold, pro rupe 0}br pt yg g' i ,inum ßov a,i: &for the rick the river gold of Ophir.By all afiuring yob ola hap. l Jan. pineffe in his civil [late in cafe he did change or mend in his fpiri- tuall flute. Then he who had to great a change in his worldly flare for the worfe, fhould have a greater change in his worldly Rate for the better. The next verle is a continuation of the pro, mile, much to the fame intent, and al twit in. the fame words, and therefore I (hall open thatalfo before I give any oblervations. Verf. 25. Tea the Allmighty fh allbe thy defence,_and thouThal have plenty offilver. There is fore differencein the readingof this verle, for the wordwhich we tranflatedefence, is the fame which we tranflate gold in the former verle. And hence fome tranflate thus ;thy gold ¡ball be:roighty ; Making the word Shaddai (which is one of the names of God, andufually rendred Alimighty) to be as an Epi, thite to the word Gold.Thy gold d¡hall begrangermighty.And thus fome tran[Istiers render the word Shaddai ( Ezek. r. 24.) where the Prophet faith, Iheard the,:cife oftheir wings like the noife of great maters, as the voice ofthe Allmighty; fo we render ; but o. thers thus As a mighty voice ; So in theprefent text, whereas we fay, The e/1I/míghty Jtiall be thy defence,er according to theftri$. neffe of the word ;The Almighty(hall be thygold; others give it thus ; Thygold lh xll be mighty. And this antwers the latter chute ofthe verle, where we reade ; Thou¡halt have plenty offilver ; yet put in the Margin,.Thou fhalt havefilver offirength,or,j1ron ;âlver, Thefe readings have en elegancy in them., But
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