761.4 Chap. 34: /InExpoßtion upon theBook. of JOB. Vere 19. JOB, C H AP. 24. Verf. 19,20. Drought andheate, confume thefnowwaters, fo cloth thegrave thofè which havefinned. The wombfhallforget bim , and the worme fhallfeed fweetly on him g he(ball be nomore rernembred,and wicleedneffefhall be broken as a tree. Here are two different tranflationsofthe i9th vet* ; I null propofe them and then explicate our owne. Firft, thus; In the drought and beate they rob , and in the [now water,tbeyfin to thegrave. Secondly, (to the fame fence by way of fimilitude) like as the dryearth and beate drink,up the fnow water , [o they fin even to the grave. Both thofe rendrings carry in them two things generally re: markable. Firft, The obltinacy, and perfeverance of wicked men in fin while they live. Secondly, Their impunity in fin untill death. In thedrought and heats they rob, andin the [nowwater. That is, they rob and fpoyle at all times,or in all the feafons of the yeare,in hard time,,in thehardeft times, in the extreamityof drought, and in the extreamity ofcold, They never giveover, they fin to thegravo. This reading is much infifted.upon by forne, and as the fence is ufefull, fo the text may bear it. For the vefbe raprait vi ,fgnifies to fnatch a thingopenly,and forceably,as well as to4on- & apertè res fume fecretiy,and fo may be rendred. by robbing,as well as by cone ast perfonar, ._ fuming. In droughtand beat they rob, and in the /nomwaters. Fir$, Wemay confider thisdrought and heate with the fnow water as expreffing thofe feafons which are very troublefome to thewicked man, to doe his work in,to rob,and fpoyle : eetream beate, and extreame cold, are great impediments toaâion, yet in heate and fnow they rob> Whence
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