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Post by Pacifica on Jan 20, 2024 14:51:31 GMT
O how many are the things which thou hast made! They are hidden from the face, O thou One God, like w______ there is no o______. Thou didst create the earth by thy heart (or will), thou alone e______: men and women, cattle, beasts of every kind that are upon the earth, and that move upon f______, all the creatures that are in the sky and that fly with their wings, [and] the deserts of Syria and Kesh (Nubia), and the Land of Egypt. Thou settest every person in his place. Thou providest their daily food, every man having the portion allotted to him, [thou] dost compute the duration of his life. Their tongues are different in speech, their characteristics (or forms), and likewise their skins [in colour], giving distinguishing marks to the dwellers in foreign lands.
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Post by kizolk on Jan 20, 2024 14:54:37 GMT
upon feet
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Post by kizolk on Jan 20, 2024 14:55:42 GMT
where/whence/wherefrom
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Post by kizolk on Jan 20, 2024 14:56:40 GMT
when
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Post by kizolk on Jan 20, 2024 14:57:20 GMT
other/one
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Post by kizolk on Jan 20, 2024 14:57:32 GMT
which/what
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Post by kizolk on Jan 20, 2024 14:58:22 GMT
elevatedst
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Post by Pacifica on Jan 20, 2024 14:59:30 GMT
O how many are the things which thou hast made! They are hidden from the face, O thou One God, like w______ there is no other. Thou didst create the earth by thy heart (or will), thou alone e______: men and women, cattle, beasts of every kind that are upon the earth, and that move upon feet, all the creatures that are in the sky and that fly with their wings, [and] the deserts of Syria and Kesh (Nubia), and the Land of Egypt. Thou settest every person in his place. Thou providest their daily food, every man having the portion allotted to him, [thou] dost compute the duration of his life. Their tongues are different in speech, their characteristics (or forms), and likewise their skins [in colour], giving distinguishing marks to the dwellers in foreign lands.
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Post by kizolk on Jan 20, 2024 15:01:09 GMT
whom
I thought this blank referred to the "things" mentioned in the previous sentence, but maybe it's about God.
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Post by Pacifica on Jan 20, 2024 15:04:20 GMT
O how many are the things which thou hast made! They are hidden from the face, O thou One God, like whom there is no other. Thou didst create the earth by thy heart (or will), thou alone e______: men and women, cattle, beasts of every kind that are upon the earth, and that move upon feet, all the creatures that are in the sky and that fly with their wings, [and] the deserts of Syria and Kesh (Nubia), and the Land of Egypt. Thou settest every person in his place. Thou providest their daily food, every man having the portion allotted to him, [thou] dost compute the duration of his life. Their tongues are different in speech, their characteristics (or forms), and likewise their skins [in colour], giving distinguishing marks to the dwellers in foreign lands.
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Post by kizolk on Jan 20, 2024 15:08:24 GMT
I didn't notice this one got validated. It came to mind much earlier, but it felt like the wrong kind of Latinate word to use in this text... Like, too modern/precise/formal. |
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Post by kizolk on Jan 20, 2024 15:10:08 GMT
enkindlest
Unlikely.
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Post by Pacifica on Jan 20, 2024 15:14:54 GMT
Thou didst create the earth by thy heart (or will), thou alone e______: This could be taken as: "Thou didst create the earth when thou alone e_____edest." (The blank is a different form of the same verb.) |
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Post by Pacifica on Jan 20, 2024 15:16:14 GMT
Another way to read it would be that He is, even now, the only one (really) e_____ing.
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Post by kizolk on Jan 20, 2024 15:17:07 GMT
existest
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