John Trapp on Job 17:12
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Job17:12
Verſe 12. They change the night into day.] i.e. My troubled thoughts render my nights reſtleſs, filling me with confuſion, when the mind is unſettled the man cannot reſt.
The light is ſhort becauſe of darkneſſe] i.e. Comfort is long ere it cometh,Bern. and ſoon it expireth: Rara hora. brevis mora. The Vulgar, Poſt tenebras ſpero [illegible: 1 letter]ucem, here, After darkneſſe I hope for light (the ancient Motto of the Town of Geneva) is far fetch'd.
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