 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.  The Christian Monitor - Sida 171806Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | John AUSTIN (Roman Catholic Writer.) - 1706 - 662 sidor
...live, and after that they go to the Dead. I returned and faw under the Sun, that the Race is not to the Swift, nor the Battle to the Strong, neither yet Bread to the Wife, nor Riches to Men of Underftanding, nor Favour to Men of Skill, but Time and Chance happeneth... | |
 | William Clagett - 1720 - 554 sidor
...allowed the Means to thrive and fucceed well j and yet there is a Time, when the Race is not to the Swift, nor the Battle to the Strong , neither . yet Bread to the Wife^ nor yet Riches TO of lender ft anding, nor yet Favovr to G g 5 4? 4 3~fo n&ural Tendency Vol.... | |
 | Thomas Stackhouse - 1737 - 198 sidor
...and Honour, he emulates ; but thdfe that are behind him, he defpifes*: EedeC uc. >jever confidering, that the Race is not always to the Swift, nor the Battle to the Strong, neither yet Bread to the Wife, nor yet Riches to the Men of Underjtanding, nor yet Favour to Men of Skill; but T'ime and Chance... | |
 | Samuel Clarke - 1744 - 470 sidor
...Caufes. [A Faft Sermon.] ECC^ES. Ix. ii. I returned, and faw under the Sun, that the Race is net to the Swift, nor the Battle to the Strong, neither yet bread to the Wife, nor yet Riches to men of Un" derflanding, nor yet Favour to men of Skill; but Time and Change... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1764 - 200 sidor
...the World (b).' It obferves an alldifpofing Providence, and infefs ' that the Race i* ' not to the Swift, nor the Battle to the Strong, ' neither yet Bread to the Wife, nor yet Riches t» * IVkn of Underftanding (c).' And it fo abiblutely devotes and fubjects the... | |
 | 1851 - 592 sidor
...contrivance ; the merchant, to his experience ; the strong, to his strength. And yet " the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill.." But the attention of the true Christian is fixed upon the providence of Gad. He surveys the grand scheme... | |
 | John Smalley - 1803 - 448 sidor
...The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong ; neither yet bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favor to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all."... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 sidor
...known in his children. Ecclesiastes. I returned and saw under the sun, that the ra:e is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all. There was a little city, and few men within it: and there came... | |
 | Alexander Campbell - 1804 - 342 sidor
...the race is not to the swift, nor the fl battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor ff yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to " men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them " all. For man also knoweth not his time •, as the fishes (f that... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1804 - 376 sidor
...Dull, and maketh the barren Woman to be a joyful Mother of Children. * The Race is not always to the Swift, nor the Battle to the Strong ; neither yet Bread to the Wife, nor yet Riches to Men of Underftandlng, nor yet Favour to Men of Skill ; forwlio knoweth not... | |
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