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title: "Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible · Volume 2: Lamentations to Revelation"
author: "Adam Clarke"
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cite: "Adam Clarke, Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible · Volume 2: Lamentations to Revelation, section 510. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/adam-clarke-commentary-volume-2-lamentations-to-revelation/510/"
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# Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible · Volume 2: Lamentations to Revelation

*Adam Clarke*

Clarke's learned notes on the Hebrew and Greek, verse by verse, from Genesis to Revelation: volume 2 of 2.

## 510. 1 Corinthians · 19 of 42

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[¶0] Extulit: ille ictum venientem a vertice velox

[¶1] Praevidit, celerique elapsus corpore cessit.

[¶2] Entellus Vires In Ventum Effudit; et ultro

[¶3] Ipse gravis, graviterque ad terram pontere vasto

[¶4] Concidit: ut quondam cava concidit, aut Erymantho,

[¶5] Aut Ida in magna, radicibus eruta pinus. -

[¶6] Consurgunt studiis Teucri et Trinacria pubes;

[¶7] It clamor coelo: primusque accurrit Acestes,

[¶8] Aequaevumque ab humo miserans attollit amicum.

[¶9] At non tardatus casu, neque territus heros,

[¶10] Acrior ad pugnam redit, ac vim suscitat ira:

[¶11] Tum pudor incendit vires, et conscia virtus;

[¶12] Praecipitemque Daren ardens agit aequore toto;

[¶13] Nunc dextra ingeminans ictus, nunc ille sinistra

[¶14] Nec mora, nec requies: quam multa grandine nimbi

[¶15] Culminibus crepitant; sic densis ictibus heros

[¶16] Creber utraque manu pulsat versatque Dareta.

[¶17] Both on the tiptoe stand, at full extent;

[¶18] Their arms aloft, their bodies inly bent;

[¶19] Their heads from aiming blows they bear afar,

[¶20] With clashing gauntlets then provoke the war.

[¶21] One (Dares) on his youth and pliant limbs relies;

[¶22] One (Entellus) on his sinews, and his giant size.

[¶23] The last is stiff with age, his motions slow;

[¶24] He heaves for breath, he staggers to and fro. -

[¶25] Yet equal in success, they ward, they strike;

[¶26] Their ways are different, but their art alike.

[¶27] Before, behind, the blows are dealt; around

[¶28] Their hollow sides the rattling thumps resound;

[¶29] A storm of strokes, well meant, with fury flies,

[¶30] And errs about their temples, ears, and eyes:

[¶31] Nor always errs; for oft the gauntlet draws

[¶32] A sweeping stroke along the crackling jaws.

[¶33] Hoary with age, Entellus stands his ground;

[¶34] But with his warping body wards the wound;

[¶35] His head and watchful eye keep even pace,

[¶36] While Dares traverses and shifts his place;

[¶37] And, like a captain who beleaguers round

[¶38] Some strong-built castle, on a rising ground,

[¶39] Views all the approaches with observing eyes;

[¶40] This, and that other part, in vain he tries,

[¶41] And more on industry than force relies.

[¶42] With hands on high, Entellus threats the foe;

[¶43] But Dares watched the motion from below,

[¶44] And slipped aside, and shunned the long descending blow.