 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges...  The Christian Observer - Sivu 1481815Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 sivua
...amidst the immensity of his works. In the boundless subject the soul is lost. It is he who sitteth on the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers. He weigheth the mountains in scales. He taketh up the isles as a very little thing. Lord, what is man... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1822 - 398 sivua
...and weighed the mountains in a scale, and the hills in a balance. Isa. xl. 12. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heaven as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. Isa. xl.... | |
 | Philadelphia Sunday and Adult School Union - 1822 - 156 sivua
...are as nothing ; and .they are counted to him less than nothing. and vanity. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. '.. Q.... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 284 sivua
...becomes foolish.' His transcendent eminence above all things is most nobly represented, when he ' sits upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers : all nations before him are as the drop of a bucket, and as the small dust of the balance: he takes... | |
 | 1823 - 430 sivua
...that, like an insect in the ground, would seek to magnify the greatness of that being who " sitteth upon the circle of the "earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers."* In connexion with the error which we have been noticing there exists another, equally common, and,... | |
 | Eliphalet Wheeler Gilbert, Benjamin Ferris - 1823 - 524 sivua
...understand, that HE whom " the heaven of heavens cannot contain," 1 Kings viii. 27, — HE who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers," Isa. xl. 22, — He, before whom all nations are as nothing, and counted to HIM less than nothing and... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - 1823 - 144 sivua
...small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as' a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: That... | |
 | 1823 - 406 sivua
...from the beginning ? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in." " He... | |
 | Sarah Brealey - 1823 - 408 sivua
...ought in the strait path through evil and good report, forgetting too often, " It is he who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grashoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell... | |
 | Samuel Stennett - 1824 - 570 sivua
...before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. — He sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; he stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in; he bringeth... | |
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