I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Poems - Page 102by Samuel Rogers - 1834 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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.... | |
| 1846 - 660 pages
...testimony which he has left for our information and warning ? "I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit." Should any wish to learn his views of earthly things at greater length, and the experiments by which... | |
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