New Translation & Exposition of the Book of Ecclesiastes: With Critical Notes on the Hebrew Text |
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... appear like pale shadows of a past dream , -with a shaken and age - worn body , which indicates the rapid process of decay , -with dim and feeble eyes , to which every thing material now appears in quite another light from what it ...
... appear like pale shadows of a past dream , -with a shaken and age - worn body , which indicates the rapid process of decay , -with dim and feeble eyes , to which every thing material now appears in quite another light from what it ...
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... appear now to him like fading and decaying lilies and roses . The world , with its seducing vanities , is now gone , for ever gone , with all its pleasures and delights . Eternity now stands waiting without , and the cold arm of death ...
... appear now to him like fading and decaying lilies and roses . The world , with its seducing vanities , is now gone , for ever gone , with all its pleasures and delights . Eternity now stands waiting without , and the cold arm of death ...
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... appears in con- nection with other nouns , as - ( Kehal - Je- hovah ) , " the assembly of the Lord , " and " - ( Kehal - amim ) , " the assembly of nations , " & c . But how we can find in this word the least indica- tion of " a ...
... appears in con- nection with other nouns , as - ( Kehal - Je- hovah ) , " the assembly of the Lord , " and " - ( Kehal - amim ) , " the assembly of nations , " & c . But how we can find in this word the least indica- tion of " a ...
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... appear as the author of this book , and the following is , we think , the right import and explication of the word Koheleth . In the Book of Proverbs , Solomon appears not only as one who teaches wisdom , but as one in whom wisdom dwelt ...
... appear as the author of this book , and the following is , we think , the right import and explication of the word Koheleth . In the Book of Proverbs , Solomon appears not only as one who teaches wisdom , but as one in whom wisdom dwelt ...
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... appears again as a teacher in his turn , saying , " My son , attend unto my wisdom , and bow thine ear to my understanding , " & c . In chaps . viii . and ix . , Wisdom is again personified and re- presented as if erecting her pulpits ...
... appears again as a teacher in his turn , saying , " My son , attend unto my wisdom , and bow thine ear to my understanding , " & c . In chaps . viii . and ix . , Wisdom is again personified and re- presented as if erecting her pulpits ...
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Page 162 - Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Page 249 - And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife : and they twain shall be one flesh ? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh.
Page 231 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Page 175 - Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.
Page 182 - Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to hearken than the fat of rams.
Page 108 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Page 244 - For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him.
Page 321 - I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
Page 319 - Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (for we walk by faith, not by sight:) we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
Page 212 - God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. 0 the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out ! For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who hath been his...