For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will... The pourtract of old age - Page 168by John Smith - 1752 - 237 pagesFull view - About this book
| James Patriot Wilson - Hebrew language - 1812 - 288 pages
...root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground: 9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. 10 But man dieth and wasteth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? 1 1 As the waters... | |
| William Jay - Devotional literature - 1812 - 284 pages
...root therof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof '• die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant." Rut nd rejoin him to the living ! But all in vain!—And equally vain are all our wishes, and our endeavors... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1848 - 494 pages
...the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth, and wasteth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ?'" When two emblematic meanings are attached... | |
| Sir Charles Abraham Elton - English poetry - 1814 - 566 pages
...root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground ; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth, and wasteth away : yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? As the waters fail from the sea, and... | |
| Sir Charles Abraham Elton - English poetry - 1814 - 458 pages
...root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground ; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man diet li, and wasteth away : yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? As the waters fail from... | |
| Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground ; 9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away : yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ? 1 1 As the waters... | |
| 1817 - 1082 pages
...root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground ; 9 Yd through the scent y there. 18 51 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon 10 But man dieth, and fwasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where it he? 1 1 As the waters... | |
| James Lindsay - Dissenters, Religious - 1818 - 520 pages
...the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth, and wasteth away ; he giveth up the ghost, and where is he * ?" With what a melancholy sound does the question... | |
| 1818 - 948 pages
...root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock ground ; thereof die in the 9 Yet through the scent burned incense to th« queen 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away : yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he 1 1 1 As the waters... | |
| Robert Gray - Bible - 1819 - 708 pages
...root thereof wax old in the " earth, and the stock thereof die iu the " ground, yet through the scent of water it " will bud and bring forth boughs like a " plant, but man dieth and wasteth away, " yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where « is he * ?" The Heathen poet seems to have... | |
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