John Trapp on Job 36:33
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Job36:33
Verſe 33. The noiſe thereof ſheweth concerning it] The hurry-noiſe made in the air before a ſhower of rain, fore-ſhoweth it to be at hand.
The Cattel alſo concerning the vapour] Heb. Concerning that which goeth up: Hogs, Sheep, Oxen, &c. are much more quick-ſcented than men; and can perceive the vapours going up to cauſe rain, before men can ſee or feel them. Hence ſhepherds and herdſmen gather prognoſticks of rain, and are ſo weather-wiſe, as we call it.Ad dextram cuhantes oves pluviam portendunt. Merlin. Aben-Ezra noteth, that ſheep lying on the right-ſide, fore-ſignifie foul weather. See Virgil. Georg. lib. 1. and Plin. Nat. Hiſt. lib. 18. cap. 35. Some render this verſe (than which there if not an harder in all the book, ſaith Mercer) thus, Declaring toward him (who intercedeth) his good-will, toward the cattel, and alſo toward the encreaſe of the earth.
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