He said unto me again, Stand, I pray you, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Anguish. Hebrew, "the coat of mail withholds me. "Septuagint, "horrid darkness encompasses me. "Shabah, signifies a coat of mail, made of cloth, very thick, and boiled in vinegar, to render it more impenetrable. The Greeks emperors and the French formerly wore them much, instead of iron. (Calmet)
Protestants however agrees with us.
In me. I have yet received no mortal wound. (Haydock)
