 | Matthew Henry - 1833 - 774 pages
...fare ever so scanty, he that has rale over his own spirit, knows how to make the best of them ; how to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock, Dcut. xxxii. 13. Blessed are the meek, for they shall wield the earth ; so old Wickliff's translation... | |
 | William Jay - 1833 - 722 pages
...dyinc — It is this eagerness for relief and gratification which explains the allusion of Moses : " He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might.eat the increase of the fields ; and be made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of... | |
 | 1833 - 930 pages
...witness against thee. 27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy hath corrupted to himself. 14 Butter of cows, by H. Howe stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidwith you this day,... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1834 - 618 pages
...beareth them on her wings ; so the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange God with him. The sagacity and vigilance of the eagle in providing the means of support and safety for her callow... | |
 | Hannah More - 1834 - 422 pages
...unpromising : it will extract comfort and satisfaction from the most barren circumstances ; "it will suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock." But the supreme excellence of this complacent quality is, that it naturally disposes the mind where... | |
 | 1835 - 704 pages
...my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil ;" with Deuteronomy xxxii. 13, 14, " He made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock ; butter of kine." Job xiv. 17, " My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity," with Deuteronomy... | |
 | 1835 - 434 pages
...his scent is not changed." But surely it was otherwise with the Jews. Hear Moses : " He made him to ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he maile him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock : butter of kine,. and milk... | |
 | 1835 - 1176 pages
...them on her wings; 1 2. So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him. 1 3. P cat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty... | |
 | Matthew La Rue Perrine - 1835 - 226 pages
...trees, and for aromatic plants and grass, that, in the poetic language of Scripture, "Israel sucked honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock. Deut. xxxii. 14. i. Sam. xiv. 25. Psal. Ixxxi. 16. The hills rejoiced on every side, the pastures were... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1836 - 924 pages
...Inquire of thy fiither, and he will show thee ; Thine elders, and the;/ will instruct thee. 13. He gave , mercy would conduct all to the most favourable issue. à. TU. AM 14. Butter of kine, and milk of sheep. 15. But Jeshurim waxed fat, and kicked : Thou art waxen fat,... | |
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He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock... 
