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fort . See App. Crit. Ed. ii. — ov d's) The Greeks alone, and but few of these, read av : 1 and these Baurngarten would not endeavour to extend into a great number, did he not place too great confidence in the critics who revise the manuscripts according to the text of Erasmus. Comp, again App. Crit. Ed. ii. In criticism, this rule has great weight : That which is wanting cannot he numbered , Eccl. i. 15. — r/c, who ) A feeble person. — r'ov erepov) Many read 6 xpivuv r'ov nXriffiovj2 and thus the Syr. plainly reads : comp. ch. ii. 8. The Greek word srepog is usually translated by another word, which means a companion , not a neighbour.
13. "Ays vuv, come now ) The interjection used to excite attention,
ch. v. 1. — Xsyovrsg, ye who say) In plain terms, ye who boast: ver. 16. — (fy][jispov avpiov , to-day or to-morrow) One says, to-day ; the
same, or some other person, says, to-morrow , as it suits his conve- nience ; as though he had a free choice, y avpiov , Beza ; and my note in the Gnomon was formerly in accordance with this reading ; afterwards, in the course of inquiry, I preferred xa/' avpiov.3 See App. Crit. Ed. ii. — nopevaufieQa, x.r \., we will go , etc.) The Sub- junctive [ let us go] makes the language modal,4 and suggests urgent reasons for actions. — r^e) This is put instead of a proper name, as 6 dsTva. — xa /', and) The repetition of the conjunction, and , expresses the will of a mind at ease. — sviavrbv eva, one year) They thus speak, as though presently after about to deliberate also respecting years to come.
14. Oux eKiffrafiQ s, ye know not) Prov. iii. 28. — ro rr,g 5) See App.
Crit. no/a, Ps. lxii. 10. — r\ life , on which the action of to-
morrow is suspended. — urfiig, a vapour) A diminutive. — yap, for) From the question the particle is repeated in the answer : this gives force. — sffrai, shall be6) See App. Crit. Ed. ii. The expression ro avpiov , to-morrow , confirms the probability of the sense in the future,
1 AB Vulg. support be. Rec. Text omits it, without any very old authority save that of Theb. Version. — E.
2 AB Vulg. read ttaWoz/. Rec. Text, without very old authority, erepov. “The margin of both Ed. as well as the Germ. Vers, of Beng. prefer n^nolov.” — E. B.— E.
3 B Vulg. and Elzev. Rec. Text have ij ; and so Lachm. A and later Syr. have xui ; and so Tisch. and Stephens’ Rec. Text. — E.
4 See Append, on Sermo Modalis. — E.
5 A and later Syr. have r« : and so Lachm. Tisch. with more modern authorities, to. Vulg. has in crastinum or in crastino. B omits the word. — E.
6 B and later Syr. have yap lore : so Tisch. and Lachm. But A has IVra/ ; Rec. Text, yap eortv : so Vulg. ; but no other very old authority. — E.