1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Job 7:12 | Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou hast inclosed me in a prison? | Sea. Ungovernable and malicious. Some of the ancients looked upon the sea as a huge animal, whose breathing caused the tides. (Strabo i.; Solin xxxii.) --- They represented its fury as proverbial. "Fire, the sea, and woman are three evils;" and they call the most savage people sons of Neptune. (Agel. 15:21.) --- Am I so violent as to require such barriers? Am I capacious, or strong enough to bear such treatment? (Calmet) |