| William Beveridge (bp. of st. Asaph.) - 1757 - 332 Seiten
...experience of all mankind, That Riches profit not in the day of •wrath, Prov. xi. 4. What profit then hath a man of all his labour 'which he taketh under the Sun ? Ecelef. 5, 3. No more than if he had fat ftill and done nothing at all, if his labour was only for... | |
| Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794 - 538 Seiten
...flood ; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth."* Again in Ecdesiastes, " one generation passeth away, and another generation cometh ; but the earth abideth for ever." Le Cat, who was a man of strong abilities, did not sit down quietly under this scriptural condemnation.... | |
| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 Seiten
...behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and th-ere was no profit under the sun, What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the...generation cometh : but the earth abideth for ever. The sun alsoariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. The wind goeth toward... | |
| Alexander Campbell - 1804 - 342 Seiten
...tune, " Vanity of " vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities, all is " vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which " he taketh under the sun ?" — to which may be answered in the words of the same preacher : " Whatsoever thy " hand findeth... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 Seiten
...or, as some would render it, for 5 an uncertain indeterminate time. The sun also ariseth, and the 6 "sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. The wind goeth toward the south, and lurneth about unto the north ; it whirleth about continually, and the wind rcturneth again ac7 cording... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 Seiten
...itself ; utterly insufficient 3 to procure solid satisfaction and durable happiness. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? he can Jind very little true satisfaction in all his pains about earthly things ; and none at all... | |
| Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1806 - 406 Seiten
...made greater than what have been made ? Yet what profit hath a man of all his labor which he takcth under the sun ? One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh, but the world continueth the same, the sun ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where... | |
| 1807 - 570 Seiten
...nll is vanity. 3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which lie taketh under the sun ? 4 ^f One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh : but the earth abideth for ever. 5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hastcth to his place where he arose. 6 The wind... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 Seiten
...2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity. I. 3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? So far is all the labour of man, which he takes here on earth, unable to make him truly happy, as... | |
| 1809 - 1150 Seiten
...? 4 One generation passetll away, and another generation cometh : but the earth abideth for ever. 5 came to the. uttermost part of the camp, they went into one liis place where he arose. 6 The wind gceth toward the south, and tumeth about unto the north ; it... | |
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