 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1827 - 638 pages
...seen by those who have diligently observed human counsels and events, " 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,". Ecc. ix. II. As all human affairs are liable to accidents and disasters, a firm persuasion, and serious... | |
 | Theology - 1822 - 688 pages
...again the ironical stile, and says, "Go thy waj," &c. — v. 7- and onward. The reply to all this is, " I returned, and saw under the sun that the race is...nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance hapVol. IV.— No. 10. 67 peneth to them all." This doing whatever my hands find to do, which you recommend,... | |
 | 1830 - 1070 pages
...device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goost. 11 IT I returned, and saw nnder the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the...understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chanco happeneth to them all. 12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in... | |
 | Herodotus - 1830 - 412 pages
...and not men fortune. This is one of the 1 This sentiment is beautifully expressed in Ecclesiastes. ' I returned and saw under the sun, that the race is...wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill : but time and chance happeneth to them all.' calamities which threaten you.... | |
 | William Jay - Families - 1833 - 518 pages
...their secular condition : but they are not It does not depend upon every man to rise and prosper : " I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is...skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all." There are those who have met with losses which no talent could have prevented. Every time they havo... | |
 | Religion - 1849 - 1188 pages
...and princes walking as servants upon the earth." (He would see it now, if he were alive.) (9: 11) — "I returned and SAW under the sun, that the race is...wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill, but time and chance happeneth to them all." (He knew no better. He thought so... | |
 | Herodotus, William Beloe - Greece - 1831 - 524 pages
...you : 8 Fortune commands men.~\— This sentiment is beautifully expressed in Ecclesiastes, ix. II. " I returned and saw under the sun, that the race is...neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of under. standing, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all." I will... | |
 | Bible - 1831 - 930 pages
...for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. 11 1T #O ? 1 K u qܤ M ' ; }3 #*m " smooth...way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy On understaading, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all. 12 For man... | |
 | John Henry Hobart, William Berrian - Theology - 1832 - 520 pages
...inheritance eternal, undefiled, and that fadeth not away. SERMON V. THE RACE NOT TO THE SWIFT. ECCLZS. be. IL I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is...skill; but time and chan.ce happeneth to them all. THE universe is governed by that almighty Being whose power called it into existence. That it owes... | |
 | John Henry Hobart (bp. of New York.) - 1832 - 568 pages
...eternal, undcfilcd, and that fadeth not away. SERMON V. THE RACE NOT TO THE SWIFT. ECCLES. ix. 11. t returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is...skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all. THE universe is governed by that almighty Being whose power called it into existence. That it owes... | |
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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. 
