Excerpt from Notes on the Book of Job, Critical, Illustrative, and Practical, Vol. 1 of 2: With a New Translation and Introductory Dissertation Having, on the demise of my highly-esteemed friend, the Rev. Ingram Cobbin, been requested by Messrs. Knight and Son to write a Preface to their new edition of barnes's notes ON the book OF J OB - a task which would otherwise have devolved upon that judicious and accurate Biblical scholar - I have been induced to examine anew a work'with which I have been for years familiar. In the discharge of professional duties, I had repeatedly been led to test the results of the author's critical and exegetical skill in his exposition of the Sacred Text; and every renewed perusal or consultation of his Notes only confirmed me in the opinion that they were calculated greatly to enhance the reputation which he had previously acquired by his Notes on the New Testament. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.