the waters pierce through the very stones by little and little, the floods wash away the gravel and the earth. Even so destroyest thou the hope of man in like manner.

What manner of fellow is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, to submit ourselves unto him?'

Behold, even as the wild asses in the desert go they forth to their work, and rise betimes to spoil: Yea, the very wilderness ministereth food for them and their children. by times, as their manner is, to spoil: Yea the very wilderness ministereth food for their children.

A miner puts an end to the darkness;
he probes the deepest recesses
for ore in the gloomy darkness.

The miner strikes the flint
and transforms the mountains at their foundations.

The Topaz that cometh out of Ethiopia may in no wise be likened unto her: yea, no manner of apparel how pleasant and fair soever it be.

I will regard no manner of person, no man will I spare.

Would that Job may be tried unto the end, because of his answers after the manner of evil men!

“Adorn yourself with eminence and dignity [since you question the Almighty],
And array yourself with honor and majesty.