Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Job 23:8

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Job 23:8 - 23:8

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Job 23:8 - 23:8

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But I wish in vain. For “behold,” etc.

forward ... backward - rather, “to the east - to the west.” The Hebrew geographers faced the east, that is, sunrise: not the north, as we do. So “before” means east: “behind,” west (so the Hindus). Para, “before” - east: Apara, “behind” - west: Daschina, “the right hand” - south: Bama, “left” - north. A similar reference to sunrise appears in the name Asia, “sunrise,” Europe, “sunset”; pure Babylonian names, as Rawlinson shows.