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... into verses from the Jews . The present verses of the New Testament were arranged by Robert Stephens , a learned French printer , and in- He troduced into an edition of the Greek Testament , printed 8 LITERARY HISTORY OF THE BIBLE .
... into verses from the Jews . The present verses of the New Testament were arranged by Robert Stephens , a learned French printer , and in- He troduced into an edition of the Greek Testament , printed 8 LITERARY HISTORY OF THE BIBLE .
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... learned Prideaux , that Ezra made additions in several parts of the Bible , where anything appeared necessary for illustrating , connecting , or completing the work , in which he appears to have been assisted by the same Spirit under ...
... learned Prideaux , that Ezra made additions in several parts of the Bible , where anything appeared necessary for illustrating , connecting , or completing the work , in which he appears to have been assisted by the same Spirit under ...
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... learned and judicious men only were engaged in the translation , which was afterwards examined , approved , and allowed as a faithful version by the seventy or seventy - two elders , who constituted the Alexandrian Sanhedrim . The other ...
... learned and judicious men only were engaged in the translation , which was afterwards examined , approved , and allowed as a faithful version by the seventy or seventy - two elders , who constituted the Alexandrian Sanhedrim . The other ...
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... learned in the land for his judg- ment in such a place . 12. Letters to be sent from every bishop to the rest of his clergy , admonishing them of this translation in hand ; and to move and charge as many as , being skilful in the ...
... learned in the land for his judg- ment in such a place . 12. Letters to be sent from every bishop to the rest of his clergy , admonishing them of this translation in hand ; and to move and charge as many as , being skilful in the ...
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... learned tongues , or French , Spanish , Italian , & c . If they found any fault they spoke , if not , he read on . " The first Bible ever printed was a Latin one , without date or printer's name , supposed to have been printed at Mentz ...
... learned tongues , or French , Spanish , Italian , & c . If they found any fault they spoke , if not , he read on . " The first Bible ever printed was a Latin one , without date or printer's name , supposed to have been printed at Mentz ...
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Page 31 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto GOD Who gave it.
Page 251 - But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord : thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
Page 203 - And there was a great famine in Samaria : and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
Page 7 - And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
Page 28 - All the rivers run into the sea ; yet the sea is not full ; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Page 250 - Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou earnest.
Page 244 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it; thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn when thou hast so provided for it.
Page 268 - The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Page 31 - ... For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?