I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Poems - Page 101by Samuel Rogers - 1834 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1843 - 480 pages
...hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. I have seen all the works which are done under the sun: and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. That which is crooked cannot be made straight" — by science : " and that which is wanting cannot... | |
| David Laing - 1844 - 98 pages
...in righteousness and true holiness." Eph. iv. 24. 184. 2. " I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit." Eccl. i. 14. " Verily, every man at his best state is altogether vanity." Ps. xxxix. 5. 185. 3. " To... | |
| James Harington Evans - 1844 - 486 pages
...can the man do that cometh after the king ?" — yet even Solomon says, " I have seen all the works under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit") — I say, if all this were nothing worth, then his conduct might be excusable ; but with all this... | |
| Charles Simmons - Bible - 1844 - 552 pages
...vanities, saiththe preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. 14. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. EC. 2. 4. I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: I made me gardens and... | |
| George Bull - Sermons, English - 1844 - 660 pages
...make straight?" To the same sense the Wise Man speaks h; " I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit. That which is crooked, cannot be made straight." « [From the manner in which King have been written... | |
| Thomas Manton - Bible - 1845 - 624 pages
...for it in the issue. Solomon came home by weeping-cross : " I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit " (Eccles. i. 14). He hath proved it to our hands. He had a large heart, and a large estate, and gave... | |
| 1845 - 74 pages
...day of adversity, thy strength is small. PROV. xxiv. 10. 116. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. ECCLES. i. 14. 117. Who knowethwhat is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which... | |
| Edward Robinson - 1846 - 810 pages
...same sort, the writer must have lived a considerable time.* "I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit." " All this have I seen ; and I applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun." " I hated... | |
| 1846 - 512 pages
...tending to but one result, human misery, "vexation of spirit." " I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit." . The author further adds, verse 18, that the exclusive tendency of knowledge, as well as of all things... | |
| Joseph Benson - Bible - 1846 - 1102 pages
...upon man for his eating of the tree of 5 AM 3027. BC 977. 14 I have seen all the works that are done y their own children, 15 n That ichich is crooked cannot be made straight : and Hhat which is wanting cannot be numbered.... | |
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