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  • Wherefore is there in him little dog and much wolf.

    The Makers of Fire 2010

  • After all, the same man who said, "though He slay me, yet will I trust Him," and, "I know that my redeemer liveth," also said, "Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;" and, "Even today is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning."

    Archive 2005-02-01 2005

  • After all, the same man who said, "though He slay me, yet will I trust Him," and, "I know that my redeemer liveth," also said, "Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;" and, "Even today is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning."

    Trusting God In Everything: Testimony 2005

  • Wherefore is there in him little dog and much wolf.

    The Makers of Fire 1906

  • "Wherefore is it, then," said Geburon, "that these Cordeliers and Mendicants talk to us of nothing at death but making great bequests to their monasteries, assuring us that they will put us into Paradise, whether we will or not?"

    The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre 1855

  • He thinks it hard, in general, that miserable lives should be prolonged (v. 20-22): Wherefore is light in life given to those that are bitter in soul?

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721

  • 16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721

  • 20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; 21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; 22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721

  • Wherefore, that is good which men seek after by divers desires, in which the force of nature is easily descried, since though there be many and different opinions, yet they agree in choosing for their end that which is good.

    The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908

  • "Wherefore," old Ebbits said with grave dignity, "there be no one to hunt meat for me in my old age, and I sit hungry by my fire and tell my story to the White Man who has given me grub, and strong tea, and tobacco for my pipe."

    THE WHITE MAN'S WAY 2010

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