 | Bible - 1839 - 1060 pages
...heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man || to be exercised therewith. 14 I have it had brightness roun M vanity and vexation of spirit. 15 f That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and fthat which... | |
 | John Clarke - Bible - 1839 - 462 pages
...that with God all things are possible. But this I deny ; for it is impossible for God to lie;3 ' and that which is crooked, cannot be made straight ; and that which is wanted, cannot be numbered.32 Still, admitting for the sake of argument, that this God could tell a... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1839 - 60 pages
...fly ; no resting for the foot weßnd ; " I have considered," says Solomon, " all the works tlint are under the sun ; and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit." But who believes it, till death tells it ne? It is death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself.... | |
 | Christian education - 1847 - 720 pages
...to Jesus — to sing ' Songs of praises, I will ever give to thee.' KCCLKSIASTRS i. 14. — ' I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.' October 24. — Mr. Locke, abuut two months before his death, drew up a letter to a certain gentleman,... | |
 | John Jewel - Bible - 1840 - 276 pages
...the world"." The world passeth away, and the lust thereof. The Wise-man saith, " I have considered all the works that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit"." Again, " Great travail is created for all men, and an heavy yoke upon the sons of Adam, from the day... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 pages
...under heaven : this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight : and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. 16... | |
 | Lester V. Berrey - Religion - 2002 - 276 pages
...ECCL. 1 :2 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? — ECCL. 1:3 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun: and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spiriL —ECCL. 1:14 In much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.... | |
 | Michael Plekon - Religion - 2003 - 300 pages
...Delighted with himself and his "position," he is unable to attain to the wisdom of Ecclesiastes, "I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit." He idolizes vanity and thinks his own works divine: "business" obliterates the object and meaning of... | |
 | Bible - 2003 - 322 pages
...is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Ecclesiastes 1:8-9. 8 1 have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Ecclesiastes 1:14. (Ecclesiastes expresses a melancholy and pessimism reminiscent of the Rubaiyat.... | |
 | Shannon Burkes - Religion - 2003 - 306 pages
...made him and loves him, is always deferred. / have considered (saith Solomon), all the works that are under the sun, and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit [Ecclesiastes 1:14], but who believes it till Death tells it us? ... It is therefore Death alone that... | |
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I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 
