 | 1819 - 948 sivua
...for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. 11 if) 5 Ihe wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance... | |
 | Robert Walker, Hugh Blair - 1820 - 514 sivua
...man, hath neither a head to contrive, nor hands to execute, shall prosper in all his plans. ••• I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is...skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all." Men are too apt " to VOL. u. p sacrifice to their own net, and to burn incense to their own drag."... | |
 | Herodotus - 1821 - 498 sivua
...to your V *9 fortune commands men.] — This sentiment is beautifully expressed in Ecclesiastes, ix. 11. " I returned and saw under the sun, that the race...battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, rior yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth... | |
 | George Holden - 1822 - 316 sivua
...power, but they (*. e. the oppressed) had no comforter ;" (ch. iv. 1 ;) that " 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;" (ch. ix. 11 ;) that " the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in... | |
 | E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 546 sivua
...33. The lot is east into the lap ; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Ecclcs. ix. II. I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is...swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread in the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor vet favour to men of skill ; but time and... | |
 | James Murdock - 1823 - 316 sivua
...charity ? — it is the gift of God, these are the bounties of his wise and gracious Providence. " I returned and saw under the Sun, that the race is...battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise nor riches to men of understanding, but time and chance happeneth to all ;" ie these events are regulated... | |
 | J Dennis Furley - 1824 - 188 sivua
...merit claims. d Hence may we learn, how weak Our own endeavours, frail our present state; c [11] 1 returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is...skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all, d [12] For man also Icnowethnot his time: as the fishes that are taken [V. 11. 1 sawe that in runnynge,... | |
 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 504 sivua
...This also is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all. I saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift,...to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to all men. That which befalleth the sons of men, befalleth beasts, even one thing befalleth them; as... | |
 | 1868 - 346 sivua
...is a truth of which illustrations present themselves to us every day, that " 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." Do what some people will, everything seems to come to nought. Men fail who owe them money ; times change,... | |
 | William Hendry STOWELL - 1825 - 236 sivua
...returned and saw under the sun," says Solomon, " that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle tp the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet...skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all." Failures, therefore, cannot always be eluded by the most skilful and laborious application to the pursuits... | |
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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. 
