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I gave them also statutes, its. In Hebrew idiom = I suffered others to give them statutes, it,: i.e. in their captivity. Active verbs in Hebrew were used to express not only the doing of the thing, but the permission of the thing which the agent is said to do. The verb nathan, to give, is therefore often rendered to suffer in this sense. See Gen_31:7. Jdg_15:1. 1Sa_24:7. 2Sa_21:10. Where not so actually rendered it means permission. Compare Eze_14:9 Exo_4:21; Exo_5:22. Psa_16:10. Jer_4:10. The some idiom is used in N.T. (Mat_6:13; Mat_11:25; Mat_13:11. Rom_9:18; Rom_11:7, Rom_11:8; 2Th_2:11).