Monday, October 5, 2020

Let us not reason together

 


im-age            

 

(imij)n. 1. A reproduction of the form of a person or an object, especially a sculptured likeness. 2. Physics. An optically formed duplicate, counterpart, or other representative reproduction of an object, especially an optical reproduction of an object formed by a lens or mirror. 3. One that closely or exactly resembles another; a double: He is the image of his uncle. 4.   The opinion or concept of something that is held by the public. The character projected to the public, as by a person or an institution, especially as interpreted by the mass media. 5. A personification of something specified: That child is the image of good health. 6. A mental picture of something not real or present. 7.   A vivid description or representation. A figure of speech, especially a metaphor or simile. A concrete representation, as in art, literature, or music, that is expressive or evocative of something else: night as an image of death. 8. Mathematics. A set of values of a function corresponding to a particular subset of a domain. 9. Computer Science. An exact copy of data in a file transferred to another medium. 10. Obsolete. An apparition.v. tr. im-aged, im-ag-ing, im-ag-es. 1. To make or produce a likeness of. 2. To mirror or reflect. 3. To symbolize or typify. 4. To picture (something) mentally; imagine. 5. To describe, especially so vividly as to evoke a mental picture of. 6. Computer Science. To translate (photographs or other pictures) by computer into numbers that can be transmitted to a remote location and then reconverted into pictures by another computer. 7. To visualize (something), as by magnetic resonance imaging.[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin imago.]--im'age-less adj.

 

 

rend    (rend)v. rent

  (rent). or rend-ed rend-ing, rends.v. tr. 1. To tear or split apart or into pieces violently. See Synonyms at tear1. 2. To tear (one's garments or hair) in anguish or rage. 3.

To tear away forcibly; wrest. 4. To pull, split, or divide as if by tearing: "Chip was rent between the impulse to laugh wildly and a bitterness that threatened hot tears" (Louis Auchincloss). 5. To pierce or disturb with sound: a scream rent the silence. 6. To cause pain or distress to: tales that rend the heart.v. intr. To become torn or split; come apart.[Middle English renden, from Old English rendan.]

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rec-om-pense

(rekm-pens)v. tr. rec-om-pensed, rec-om-pens-ing, rec-om-pens-es. 1. To award compensation to: recompensed the victims of the accident. 2. To award compensation for; make a return for: recompensed their injuries.n. 1. Amends made, as for damage or loss. 2. Payment in return for something, such as a service. [Middle English recompensen, from Old French recompenser, from Late Latin recompensare : Latin re-, re- + Latin compensare, to compensate. See COMPENSATE.]

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man-tle   (mantl)n.

1. A loose, sleeveless coat worn over outer garments; a cloak. 2. Something that covers, envelops, or conceals: "On a summer night ... a mantle of dust hangs over the gravel roads" (John Dollard). 3.   Variant of mantel. 4. The outer covering of a wall. 5. A zone of hot gases around a flame. 6. A device in gas lamps consisting of a sheath of threads that gives off brilliant illumination when heated by the flame. 7. Anatomy. The cerebral cortex. 8. Geology. The layer of the earth between the crust and the core. 9. The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace above the hearth. 10. The wings, shoulder feathers, and back of a bird when differently colored from the rest of the body. 11.   Zoology. A fold or pair of folds of the body wall that lines the shell and secretes the substance that forms the shell in mollusks and brachiopods. The soft outer wall lining the shell of a tunicate or barnacle.v. man-tled, man-tling, man-tles.v. tr. To cover with or as if with a mantle; conceal. See Synonyms at clothe.v. intr. 1. To spread or become extended over a surface. 2. To become covered with a coating, as scum or froth on the surface of a liquid. 3. To be overspread by blushes or colors: a face that was mantled in joy.[Middle English, from Old English mentel, and from Old French mantel, both from Latin mantellum.]

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as-say     (asa, a-sa)n. 1.  

Qualitative or quantitative analysis of a substance, especially of an ore or drug, to determine its components. A substance to be so analyzed. The result of such an analysis. 2. An analysis or examination. 3. Archaic. An attempt; an essay.v. as-sayed, as-say-ing, as-says (a-sa, asa).v. tr. 1. To subject to chemical analysis. 2. To examine by trial or experiment; put to a test: assay one's ability to speak Chinese. 3. To evaluate; assess: assayed the situation before taking action. See Synonyms at estimate. 4. To attempt; try.v. intr. To be shown by analysis to contain a certain proportion of usually precious metal.[Middle English, from Old French essai, assai. See ESSAY.]--as-say'a-ble adj. --as-say'er n.

 

                                                   American Heritage Dictionary

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buffet verb

buf·​fet | \ ˈbə-fət  \

buffeted; buffeting; buffets

Definition of buffet (Entry 2 of 4)

transitive verb

 

1: to strike sharply especially with the hand : CUFF 2: to strike repeatedly : BATTER the waves buffeted the shore3: to drive, force, move, or attack by or as if by repeated blows schools being buffeted by budget cuts

 

Synonyms: Verb

 

bash, baste, bat, batter, beat, belabor, belt, birch, bludgeon, bung up, club, curry, do, drub, fib [British], flog, hammer, hide, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lash, lather, lick, maul, mess (up), paddle, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, punch out, rough (up), slate, slog, switch, tan, thrash, thresh, thump, tromp, wallop, whale, whip, whop (or whap), whup, work over

                                                                                             Webster Dictionary

 

 

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in

the

image

of

 

God

 

created

he

*

called Night.

*

 

him;

 

male

 

 

and

female

 

created

*

he called Night.

*

he

 

them.

*

And it

came to pass,

when he began to reign,

as soon as he sat on his throne,

 

that he slew all the house of Baasha:

 he

left

 

him

not one

that pisseth against a wall,

neither of his kinsfolks,

nor

of

his friends.

 

**

 

Now when

Job's

three friends

heard

of

all this

evil

that was

come upon

 

him,

*

yielding

fruit

after his kind,

*

and I

shall be a fugitive

 and a vagabond

in the earth;

 

and it

shall come to pass,

 

that every

one

 that findeth

me

 

shall slay

me.

 

*

they

came

every one

*

that Jacob

said

unto Laban,

 

Send me away,

 

that I

may go unto

mine

own place,

and to my country.

 

*

from

his

own place;

 

Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite:

for they

had made an appointment together to come to mourn

*

 

 

with him and to comfort him.

 

And

when they

lifted

up

their

eyes afar off,

*

Where is Abel thy brother?

And he said,

I know not:

*

 

and knew him not,

 

they lifted

up

their voice,

 

and wept;

*

And he knew it,

 

and said,

It is my son's coat;

 

an evil beast hath devoured

him;

 

Joseph

is without doubt

rent in pieces.

 

And Jacob

rent his clothes,

 

and put

sackcloth upon

 

his loins,

 

and mourned

for

his son many days.

*

 

and they

rent

 

every one

 

his

mantle,

 

*

Then Job

arose,

and rent

his mantle,

 

and shaved his head,

 

and fell down upon

the ground,

 

and worshipped,

 

And said,

Naked came

I

out of

my

mother's womb,

 

 

and naked shall

I

return thither:

 

the Lord gave,

 

and the Lord

hath taken away;

 

blessed be the name of the Lord.

 

In all this Job sinned not,

nor charged God foolishly.

 

 

*

Therefore

as the fire devoureth the stubble,

and the flame consumeth the chaff,

so

their root shall be as rottenness,

and their blossom shall go up as dust:

because they

 

have cast away the law of the

 Lord

of

hosts,

 

and despised the

word

 

of the

Holy

One of Israel.

*

and sprinkled

dust

upon their heads

toward heaven.

 

So

they sat down

with

him

upon the ground

 seven days

and

seven nights,

 

and

none

spake a word

unto him:

**

After this opened Job his mouth,

and cursed his day.

 

*

And all flesh died that moved upon the earth,

*

And they were both naked,

the man and his wife,

and were not ashamed.

 

*

both of fowl,

and of cattle,

and of beast,

and of every creeping thing

 that

creepeth upon the earth,

and every man:

All in whose nostrils was the breath of life,

of all that was in the dry land, died.

*

And Job

spake,

 

and said,

     Let the day perish wherein

I

was born,

and

the night in which it was said,

 There is a man child conceived.

    

 

**

for they

saw

that his grief

was very great.

 

**

What?

shall we receive good

at the

hand of God,

and shall

we

 not receive evil?

**

 

While

he

was yet speaking,

 

there came also another,

and said,

The Chaldeans

made out

three bands,

 

and fell upon the camels,

and have carried them away,

yea,

and slain the servants with the edge of the sword;

and I

 only am

escaped alone to tell thee.

**

 

 

from

his

own place;

 

Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite:

for they

had made an appointment together to come to mourn

*

And he

said,

 

Who

told thee

 

that thou

wast naked?

 

Hast thou eaten of the tree,

whereof

I

commanded

 

thee

 

that thou

shouldest

not eat?

*

     If we

have forgotten the name

of

our God,

or

stretched out

our hands to a strange god;

 

     Shall not God search this out?

for he

knoweth the secrets

of

the heart.

 

**

We

grope for the wall like the blind,

and we grope as if we had no eyes:

we stumble at noon day as in the night;

we are in desolate places as dead men.

We roar all like bears,

and mourn sore like doves:

 

we look for judgment,

but there is none;

for salvation,

but

it is

far off from us.

For our

transgressions

are

multiplied before thee,

and our sins testify against us:

for our transgressions are with us;

and as for our inequities,

we know them;

 

*

If we

assay to commune with

thee,

wilt thou be grieved?

*

In that day

a man

shall cast his idols

of silver,

and his idols

of gold,

which they made

each one

for

himself to worship,

to the moles

and to the bats;

 

*

And Moses

and Aaron

were brought

again

unto Pharaoh:

and he said unto them,

 

Go,

serve the

Lord your God:

 

but

who

are they

that shall go?

 

And Moses said,

We

will go

with our young

and with our old,

with our sons

 

and with

 

daughters,

with our flocks

and with our herds will

 

we go;

 

for we

must hold a feast unto the Lord.

 

*

And he did so,

walking naked

and barefoot.

 

*

And said,

 

Naked came

I

out

of

my mother's womb,

and naked shall I return thither:

 

*

And he

said,

Who

told thee

that thou

wast naked?

*****

but who

 

can withhold himself

from speaking?

Behold,

thou hast instructed many,

 

and thou hast

 strengthened

the weak hands.

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For thou hast

delivered

my

soul from death:

wilt not thou deliver

my feet

from falling,

that I

may walk before

God in

 

the light

of

the living?

 

*

 

Thy words have upholden him that was falling,

*

Strengthen ye the weak hands,

and confirm the feeble knees.

Say to them

that are

of a

fearful heart,

Be strong,

fear not:

behold,

your God

will come with vengeance,

 

even God

with a recompence;

he

will come

and save you.

 

*****

and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

 

But now

it

is

come upon thee,

and thou faintest;

it toucheth thee,

 

and thou art troubled.

Is not this thy fear,

thy confidence,

thy hope,

and the uprightness of thy ways?

 

 

Remember,

I pray thee,

who ever perished,

being innocent?

or where were the righteous cut off?

Even as I have seen,

they that plow inequity,

and sow wickedness,

reap the same. .  . .

 

    

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey,

*

He was a mighty hunter before the Lord:

*

and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.

 

 . . . Now

a thing was secretly brought to me,

and mine ear received a little thereof.

In thoughts from the visions of the night,

when deep sleep falleth on men,

Fear came upon me,

and trembling,

which made all my bones to shake.

 

Then

a spirit

passed before

my face;

*

And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh:

and when the hair in the plague is turned white,

and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh,

it is a plague of leprosy:

and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.

 

*

 

the hair of my flesh

stood up:

It

stood still,

 

but I

could not discern the form thereof:

an image was before mine eyes, there was silence,

and I heard a voice,

saying,

Shall mortal man be more just than God?

shall a man be more pure than his maker?

Behold,

he

put no trust

in

his servants;

and his angels

he

charged with folly:

    

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay,

whose foundation

is in the dust,

which are crushed before the moth?

*

     They are destroyed

from

morning to evening:

 

*

Behold,

 the

Lord God

will help me;

 

who

is he

that shall condemn me?

 

lo,

they all shall wax old

 as a

garment;

the

moth

shall eat them up.

*

 they perish for ever without any regarding it

Lo this,

we have searched it,

so

it is;

 

hear it,

and know thou it for thy good.

 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great,

and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

 

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age,

like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

Lo this,

we have searched it,

so it is;

hear it,

and

know thou

it

for

thy good.

 

*

And it was so,

when the days

of

their feasting were gone about,

that Job

sent

and sanctified them,

*

 

 

But Job

answered

and said, . . .

. . . Oh that my grief were throughly weighed,

and my calamity laid in the balances together! . . .

 Is there

not

an

appointed time

to

man upon earth?

are not

his days also

like the days

of

an hireling?

As a servant earnestly desireth

the shadow,

and as an hireling looketh

for

the reward

of

his work:

So

 am I

 

made to possess months of vanity,

and

wearisome nights

are

appointed to me.

When

I

lie down,

 

I say,

When shall

I arise,

and the night be gone?

 

and

I am

full of tossings

to and fro

unto the dawning of the day.

My flesh

is

clothed with worms

and clods of dust;

my skin is broken,

 

and become loathsome.

My days are swifter

than a

weaver's shuttle,

and are spent without hope.

O

remember

 that my life is wind:

mine eye shall

no more see good.

The eye

of

him

 

that hath seen me

 

shall

see me no more

 

to

the grave shall

come up no more.
**

And the officers shall speak

unto the people,

saying,

 

What man

is there

 that hath built a new house,

and hath not dedicated it?

 

let him go

and return

to his house,

lest

he

die in the battle,

and another man dedicate it.

 

*

He shall return no more

to his house,

neither shall

his place

know him any more.

Therefore

I

will not refrain my mouth;

I

will speak in the anguish

of

my spirit;

I

will complain

in the

bitterness

of

my soul.
Am I

a sea,

or a whale,

that thou

settest a watch over me?

When I say,

My bed

shall comfort me,

my couch shall ease my complaint;

 

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And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was

only

evil continually.

 

*

And Satan answered the Lord,

and said,

Skin for skin,

yea,

all

that a man

hath will

he

give

for his life.

 

**

Then the devil taketh him

up into

the

holy city,

 

and setteth him on a pinnacle

 of the

temple,

And saith unto him,

 

If thou be the

Son of God,

cast thyself down:

for it is written,

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He cast upon them the fierceness

of

his anger,

wrath,

and indignation,

and trouble,

by sending

evil angels among them.

 

*

He

shall give

his

angels charge concerning thee:

 and in their hands

they shall bear thee up,

 

lest

at any time

thou dash

thy foot

against a stone.

*

there is bdellium

and the onyx stone.

 

*

Immanuel

said unto him,

It is written again,

 

Thou shalt not tempt

the

Lord thy God.

 

Again,

the devil taketh

him up

into an

exceeding high mountain,

 

and sheweth

him

all the kingdoms

of the

world,

 

and the glory of them;

And saith unto him,

All these things

will I give thee,

 

if thou

wilt fall down

and worship  me.

 

Then saith Immanuel unto him,

 

Get thee hence,

Satan:

for it is written,

Thou shalt worship the Lord

thy God,

and

him only shalt thou serve.

 

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Then thou

scarest

me

with

dreams,

and terrifiest me through visions:

 

So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death

rather than

my life.

*

And the Lord said,

My spirit shall not

always

strive with man,

for that he

also is flesh:

**

I loathe it;

I

would not live

alway:

let me alone;

for my days are vanity.

 

What is man,

that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

And that thou shouldest visit

him

every morning,

and try him every moment?

 

How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone . . .

 

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Then the high priest

rent

his clothes,

saying,

He hath spoken blasphemy;

what

further need have

we

of

witnesses?

 

behold,

now ye have heard his blasphemy.

What think ye?

 

They answered

and said,

He is guilty of death.

 

Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him;

and others

smote him with the palms of their hands,

 

Saying,

Prophesy unto

us,

thou Christ,

Who

is he

that smote thee?

**

till I

swallow down my spittle?

I have sinned;

 

what shall I do unto

thee,

O

thou

preserver of men?

 

why hast thou set me as a mark against thee,

 so

that I am

a burden to myself?

    

And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine inequity?

 

for now

shall

I sleep in the dust;

and thou

shalt seek me

in

the morning,

but

I

shall not be.

 

So

these three

men

ceased

to

answer Job,

because

he

was righteous

in

his

own eyes.

 

Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son

of

Barachel

the

Buzite,

of the

kindred of Ram:

against Job

was

his

wrath kindled,

because

he

justified

himself

rather than

God.

Also

against

his three friends was his wrath kindled,

 because they had found no answer,

and yet had condemned

Job.

 

ISamuel

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