 | Auguste Louis Philippe Rochat - 1837 - 284 Seiten
...penned for him : " This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me : there was a little city and few men within it ; and there...wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city." May the Lord grant, that whenever Satan assails us with his temptations, this poor wise man may be... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1837 - 600 Seiten
...time which God hath secretly set, and surprised suddenly with unavoidable calamities. IX. 14. There was a little city, and few men within it; and there...besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. There were many men in it, yet but one wise man : the number of the other was helpless, if not burdenous... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1838 - 642 Seiten
...1—3. And afterwards : " This wisdom have I seen under the sun ; and it seemed great unto me, There was a little city, and few men within it ; and there...wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Vet no man remembered that same poor man," ver. 13 — 15. If the place had been saved by some rich... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1838 - 1076 Seiten
...and there came against it a great king, who surrounded it, and raised against it great entrenchments. "Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city ; yet no one noticed that poor man. "Then said I, wisdom is bolter than strength," etc. Eccl. c. 9. v. 13 —... | |
 | George Godwin - 1838 - 368 Seiten
...quality has as fatal an effect upon men's reputations as poverty : for as it was said, "the poor man by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man ; " so here we find the modest man built the city, and the modest man's skill was unknown.' At the... | |
 | 1838 - 1196 Seiten
...Enjoy life. IS Thi > wisdom have I seon also under the sun, and it strmed great unto me : 14 There wax on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire : and the s 15 against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it : Now there was found in it a poor... | |
 | John Pring - 1839 - 184 Seiten
...the world, as being invisible, to venture to address it any how. But we read in Scripture how " there was a little city and few men within it : and there...wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city." (Eccles. ix. 14, 15.) Only think, my dear brother ; what a rich man it would make him, if divine Wisdom... | |
 | 1839 - 1060 Seiten
...upon them. 13 f This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me : 14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and there...besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom 8. Let thy garments be always white... | |
 | Thomas Lockerby - 1839 - 566 Seiten
...with the rich. Solomon instances a case that may have often occurred, Eccles. ix. 14 — 16. " There was a little city, and few men within it ; and there came a great king against it, and beseiged it, and built great bulwarks against it. Now, there was found in it a poor wise man, and he... | |
 | Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee - 1839 - 142 Seiten
...seeds of wisdom, which, in time, will spring up and bring forth fair fruit. The Bible says, "There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and... | |
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There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered... 
