 I returned and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.  Ezra to Malachi - Page 291815Full view - About this book
 | 1849 - 1188 pages
...and princes walking as servants upon the earth." (He would see it now, if he were alive.) (9: 11) — "I returned and SAW under the sun, that the race is...wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill, but time and chance happeneth to them all." (He knew no better. He thought so... | |
 | 1831 - 930 pages
...for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. 11 1T #O ? 1 K u qܤ M ' ; }3 #*m " smooth...way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy On understaading, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all. 12 For man... | |
 | Herodotus, William Beloe - 1831 - 524 pages
...you : 8 Fortune commands men.~\— This sentiment is beautifully expressed in Ecclesiastes, ix. II. " I returned and saw under the sun, that the race is...neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of under. standing, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all." I will... | |
 | John Henry Hobart, William Berrian - 1832 - 520 pages
...inheritance eternal, undefiled, and that fadeth not away. SERMON V. THE RACE NOT TO THE SWIFT. ECCLZS. be. IL I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is...skill; but time and chan.ce happeneth to them all. THE universe is governed by that almighty Being whose power called it into existence. That it owes... | |
 | John Henry Hobart, William Berrian - 1832 - 522 pages
...fashion of this world passeth away - - - 33 SERMON V. THE RACE NOT TO THE SWIFT. ECCLESIASTES ix. 11. I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is...of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all 43 SERMON VI. THE CHARACTER OF SIMEON. LUKE ii. 25. And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose... | |
 | John Henry Hobart (bp. of New York.) - 1832 - 568 pages
...eternal, undcfilcd, and that fadeth not away. SERMON V. THE RACE NOT TO THE SWIFT. ECCLES. ix. 11. t returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is...skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all. THE universe is governed by that almighty Being whose power called it into existence. That it owes... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 pages
...A fool also is full of words : a man cannot tell what shall be. Solomon. I retnrned, and saw nnder the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the...nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happencth to them all. Ecctesiattcs . To thee we owe the beauties of the field, And earth's rich produce.... | |
 | William Jay - 1832 - 704 pages
...every kind of statement — " Who knoweth what is good for man in this life ?" ."The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...skill : but time and chance happeneth to them all." " Man's goings are of the Lord ; how can a man then understand his own way ?" " He performeth the thing... | |
 | Cornelius Ives - 1832 - 420 pages
...it is probable that the work of the wicked man will deceive him. " The " race is not always to the swift, nor the battle " to the strong, neither yet...skill; but time and " chance happeneth to them all." (Eccles. ix. 11.) Accordingly, a wicked man will oftentimes be thwarted merely in the common course... | |
 | Johann Gaspar Spurzheim - 1833 - 246 pages
...their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.'f In another passage he continues : ' I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is...wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill : but time and chance happeneth to them all. 'J Physical evil, indeed, does not... | |
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