Verse 20
Seeing many things "Thou hast seen indeed" - The text has רבית ראית raith rabith , which the Masoretes in the marginal Keri have corrected to רבות ראות reoth rabboth ; as indeed one hundred and seven MSS., and five editions, now have it in the text. This was probably the reading of most of the MSS. of their time; which, though they approved of it, out of some superstition they would not admit into their standard text. But these wretched critics, though they perceived there was some fault, yet did not know where the fault lay, nor consequently how to amend it; and yet it was open enough to a judicious eye: רבות rabboth , sic veteres; et tamen forte legendum , ראות reoth , vide cap. Isaiah 6:9 ." - Secker. That is, ראות ראית raith ,
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