Isaiah 38:19 The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known your truth. 1. Fathers of the State, to their political children (Isaiah 49:23). 2. Fathers in the Church, ministers, and other Church officers, to their ecclesiastical children. 3. Fathers of families, to their children, servants, &c. 4. Fathers in gifts or graces to those who are children in these respects in comparison of them (1 John 2:12, 13). 5. Fathers in years to those who are children in respect of age to them (1 Timothy 5:1, 2). (T. Boston.) Parallel Verses KJV: The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth. |
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