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. The Works of Hesiod, Callimachus, and Theognis - Page 236by Hesiod, Callimachus, Theognis, James Davies, Sir Charles Abraham Elton, Henry William Tytler, John Hookham Frere - 1856 - 495 pagesFull view - About this book
| Alexander Campbell - Scotland - 1804 - 342 pages
...for there is f< no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in f the grave, whither thou goest. I returned and saw " under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the fl battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor ff yet riches to men of... | |
| Presbyterian Church - 1806 - 650 pages
...cannot command success, is a maxim confirmed explicitly by scripture. " I returned," says Solomon, " 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,... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...goest, there is no work to be done, no device to be contrived, no use of knowledge or wisdom. IX. 11 / 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,... | |
| Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 pages
...goest, tliere is no work to be done, no device to be contrived, no use of knowledge or wisdom. IX. 1 1 / 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 rfches to men of understanding,... | |
| Bible - 1809 - 556 pages
...designed for rest from our present labours, and for the reward of them. See Annot. [g] Ver. 1 1 . ^f / returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong ; neither y tt bread to tht wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding,... | |
| 1809 - 1150 pages
...for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest 11 IT I lh K swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding,... | |
| Edward Reynolds - Bible - 1811 - 434 pages
...wisdom and discretion. Our very recreations must not be sensual, but rational and industrious. IV. ^f 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,... | |
| William Huntington - 1819 - 886 pages
...seek him early shall find him. I had a good time yesterday, I laboured all the day oh this text; " I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the buttle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding,... | |
| Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1813 - 280 pages
...none of us liveth to himself.— —Rom. xiv. 7'. SERMON VIII. p. 107. • TIME AND CHANCE. I teturned and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, — nor (he battle to the strong ; — neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men... | |
| William Bates - Presbyterianism - 1815 - 530 pages
...things, yet we many times fall short of our aims and hopes. It was the observation of the wisest man, "'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,... | |
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