* O Lord.
This verse is evidently deficient. The LXX. have [kyrios ho
Theos Israel oiden,] "The Lord God of Israel doth know;" the
Syraic and Arabic, "The Lord God of Israel is witness;" either
of which makes good sense. But two of Dr. Kennicott's MSS.
supply the word {chai,} "liveth;" and the text reads thus:
"As the Lord God of Israel liveth, when I have sounded my
father,--if there be good unto David, and I then send not unto
thee," etc.; which is a still better sense.
# Jos 22:22; Job 31:4; Ps 17:3; 139:1-4|
* sounded. Heb. searched.
# Pr 20:5; 25:2,3|
* shew it thee. Heb. uncover thine ear.
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