 | Stories - 1799 - 188 sidor
...happiness in sin ; but the ways of wisdom are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. " But where shall wisdom be found ? and where is the place of understanding ? Man knoweth not the price thereof. — It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed... | |
 | George Burder - 1835 - 654 sidor
...where to get gold and silver; and get them they will, if possible, though at the hazard of life. " But where shall wisdom be found ? and where is the place of understanding ?" All nature falters in giving an answer ; but God himself vouchsafes to give it. To man, he said,... | |
 | John Brewster - 1802 - 330 sidor
...understanding? Man knoweth not the " price thereof, neither is it found in the " land of the living. The depth saith, it : " is not in me; and the sea saith, it is " not in me." Too true it is, that if we seek for divine wisdom on the stage of the It world world only,... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 sidor
...prudence; and in talking with her, a good report ; I went about seeking how to taka her to me. Job. Where shall wisdom be found ? and where is the place of understanding? Man knoweth not the price thereof: neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith,... | |
 | 1836 - 498 sidor
...intricacies, must still feel a hungering and thirsting after something that it is not hers to give. The depth saith, " It is not in me;" and the sea saith, " It is not with me." All that he has learned, only serves to show him how much he has still to attain ; and if he have seen... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 504 sidor
...contained in the 12 earth. But, though he be so indefatigable and successful in /hete searches, yet where shall wisdom be found ? and where [is] the place of understanding I he can nrver penetrate the depths of the 13 divine countel : Man knoweth not the price thereof ;... | |
 | Samuel Barnard - 1806 - 336 sidor
...knoweth not the price " thereof, neither is it found in the land of tht s " living. The depth saitk, It is not in me ; and " the sea saith, It is not with me. God under" standeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the "place thereof. When he made a decree, and... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1807 - 402 sidor
...hands on high." When inquiry is made about the place of wisdom, Job introduces the " Deep, saying, it is not in me ; and the sea saith, it is not in me. Destruction and death say, we have heard the fame thereof with our 'ears." That noted sublime... | |
 | David Simpson - 1809 - 410 sidor
...sublime author in the world hath exhausted all the treasures of nature to express its intrinsic value. " Where shall wisdom be found ? and where is the place of understanding ? Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found In Germany have been published in the course... | |
 | Samuel Davies, Samuel Finley - 1811 - 498 sidor
...pass for a scripture maxim : and we may be sure it is of singular importance. Job starts the question, Where shall wisdom be found ? and where is the place of understanding ? He searches nature through, in quest of it, but cannot find it : he cannot purchase it with the gold... | |
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Man knoweth not the price thereof ; Neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me: And the sea saith, It is not with me. 
