 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.  Visitor: Or Monthly Instructor - Seite 4611843Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Christopher R. Miller - 2006 - 12 Seiten
...similarly stoic passage from Ecclesiastes: "I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all" (AV, Eccles. 9.11). The "meanest flower" that gives "thoughts... | |
 | Constance Jenkins-Dixon - 2006 - 86 Seiten
...righteousness is of me, saith the Lord. " "I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. (Eccl 9:11). Finally, being perplexed... | |
 | Devan C. Mair - 2006 - 50 Seiten
...watchman waketh but in vain. Psalm 127:1 I returned and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them... | |
 | Joe B. Jewell - 2011 - 130 Seiten
...taken into account. — George Orwell I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. — Ecclesiastes, King James Version... | |
 | Jeffrey K. Dellinger - 2006 - 800 Seiten
...constant or rising standard of living. "I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all," asserts Ecclesiastes 9:11. This... | |
 | Alvin Cordes - 2006 - 230 Seiten
...say "by coincidence" but do not trace it back to any other Greek word. 286 Matthew 28: 20. ">S*S ... strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happens to them all," 287 The Hebrew word "pega" is used... | |
 | brother ahjamal - 2007 - 260 Seiten
...6:2).(LAW requires doing the right thing.) I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. (ec 9:11). RIGHT-EOUS (90) Righteous, Upright.—Being in... | |
 | 124 Seiten
...entirely a matter of chance. - Jane Austen (1775-1817), (Pride and Prejudice) The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. - The Bible: Ecclesiastes 14. Character There was something... | |
 | Viscount James Bryce - 2007 - 741 Seiten
...vote is worth having, and if our man is ran, we can carry Indiana," " Surely the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill, but time and chance happeneth to them all." These secondary considerations do not always prevail. Intellectual... | |
 | David Morley - 2007 - 300 Seiten
...the worst sort'. This is the original: I returned and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. This is Orwell's translation: Objective considerations of... | |
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