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 (c) By the preposition governing a complete noun-clause, as   that no violence is in mine hands, or a verbal-clause,. On with the infinitive in a similar sense (equivalent to in addition to the fact that = notwithstanding that), cf. , note 2.

1. A comparison between two facts is sometimes established by simply uniting them with, especially in gnomic poetry, when facts of a moral nature are compared with those of the physical world, e.g. man is born unto trouble, and the sons of flame fly upward, i.e. as the sparks by nature fly upward, so man, &c.;  (in an interrogative form; in 34:3 the same comparison as a statement); 14:11 f., , , , 9, 14, 27:21, &c. Even without the connecting  drought and heat consume the snow waters,  so doth Sheol those who have sinned (cf. ); cf. .

2. The conjunction (cf. ; the simple  occurs in the same sense in, , ) as, quemadmodum, is used as a comparative conjunction , frequently with , corresponding to it in the apodosis, ,  f.. Sometimes, however, (so also) occurs even after independent statements,, .—Exact coincidence of two facts is expressed in  by  in all points as.

Rem. On the use of, with single nouns or pronouns to introduce comparisons, cf. 118 s; on the alleged use of as a conjunction (equivalent to ), cf. .—It is to be further remarked that — when used in correspondence with one another, as—so (e.g., , , ; also so—as, , , , ; in , —;  and often, —, cf. ), are not to be regarded as conjunctions, but as virtual substantives with a following genitive;   properly means the like of you shall be the like of the stranger, i.e. your duty shall be (also) the stranger’s duty; cf. .