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x.xviii.xvii-p10.2

x.xviii.xvii-p10.254 words

7. But now—rather, "ah!"

he—God.

company—rather, "band of witnesses," namely, those who could attest his innocence (his children, servants, &c.). So the same Hebrew is translated in Job 16:8. Umbreit makes his "band of witnesses," himself, for, alas! he had no other witness for him. But this is too recondite.