 | Henry Addington Simcoe - 1832 - 306 pages
...without Christ," and " withont hope." "I have scon the wicked," says the Psalmist, " in great power. Yet he passed away, and lo he was not, — yea I sought him, hut he could not he found.'> He made a great stir in his day, hut he passed away like a vision of the... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1833 - 420 pages
...IV. DOUBTFUL PLANTS AND TREES. THE BAY TREE. THIS tree is mentioned only in Ps. xxxvi. 35, 36 : — ' I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading...not : yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.' But the original word azrech, merely signifies a native tree — a tree growing in its native soil,... | |
 | Thaddeus Mason Harris - 1833 - 394 pages
...Psalm xxxvii. 35, 36. " 1 have seen the ungodly in great power, and nourishing like a green bay-tree. Yet he passed away, and lo ! he was not. Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found." Aben E/ra, Jarchi,Kimchi, Jerom, and some others say, that the original may mean only " a native tree,"... | |
 | Israel Zangwill - 1998 - 536 pages
...society shall flourish as the green bay tree" The verse to which Pinchas is alluding is Psalms 37:36: "I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree"; it also appears in the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, with the verb "flourishing." 79. Harrow an elite... | |
 | William Harmon - 1998 - 386 pages
...which could naturally be green, some readers may hear an echo of the green bay tree in Psalms 37:35: "I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree." Grave men: The adjective grave that means serious comes from the Latin gravis, "heavy"; the noun "grave"... | |
 | Laurance Wieder - 1999 - 338 pages
...way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 37 Mark the... | |
 | Alan Sinfield - 1999 - 428 pages
...fascinates' (82). The title is a biblical quotation, offered by Julian's Bible-bashing father: 'I myself have seen the wicked in great power and spreading himself like a green bay tree' (76). Lady Violet Bonham Carter remarked that 'many of those who saw "The Green Bay Tree" . . . regarded... | |
 | Joseph A. Seiss - 540 pages
...the time of the end had verily come ; and, after a short space more, they would be able to say : " I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree ; yet he passed away, and lo, he was not : yea, I sought him, but he could not be found."... | |
 | Elizabeth Clare Prophet - 2000 - 530 pages
...thee to inherit the land: when the Watchers are cut off, thou shalt see it. I have seen the Watcher in great power and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet the Watcher passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. end of... | |
 | Dagobert D. Runes - 2001 - 308 pages
...his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree. Yet he passed away, and lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. Mark... | |
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I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 
