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Adam Clarke

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Isaiah 38:16

By these things men live "For this cause shall it be declared" - , , Sept. They read in their copies not very different from the present text, from which all the ancient Versions vary. They entirely omit two words, ulecol bahen ; as to which there is some variation in the MSS. One MS. has ubechol , and in all; two others vechol , and all, and ten MSS. have bahem , in them, in the masculine gender.

Taking this as in the common Version, we may observe, it is not an unfrequent case, that afflictions, and especially such as tend to a speedy death, become the means, not only of saving the soul, but also of lengthening the life.

Make me to live "Hast prolonged my life" - A MSS. and the Babylonish Talmud read vetachayeni , and so the ancient Versions. It must necessarily be in the second person.

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