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 ? One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh : but the earth abideth for ever. The Grampians Desolate: A Poem - Sida 296efter Alexander Campbell - 1804 - 316 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 sidor
...end, to be succeeded by woe everlasting. The Preacher sheweth the vanity of labour and knowledge. 3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? 4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh : but the earth abideth for ever. 5... | |
| 1745 - 518 sidor
...follow him to the grave ! " What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity." What will then be to him all those companions of evil communications which corrupted his good manners in... | |
| William Bentley Fowle - 1843 - 314 sidor
...withereth, the flower fadeth; But the word of our God shall stand forever. [Ecclesia»tes i. 2.] 13. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of...vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labor which he taketh under the sun T One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; but... | |
| Horace Hooker - 1843 - 408 sidor
...'indulgence of his appetites and desires. And what was the result of the experiment ? Hear his own words. " Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity." " I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem : also my wisdom remained... | |
| John Henry Newman - 1844 - 460 sidor
...shadow, and there is none abiding." || All is vanity, vanity of vanities, and vexation of spirit. " What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh ; but the earth abideth for ever ; the... | |
| 1841 - 1136 sidor
...David, kingof Jerusalem. 2 Vanity of vamUes.saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity. 3 their God. 9 IT And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant •1 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh : but the earth abideth forever. 5... | |
| Hubbard Winslow - 1844 - 378 sidor
...— the orphaned heart will sigh, — and often will the reluctant tongue be compelled to exclaim, " Vanity of vanities, all is vanity ; — what profit hath a man of all the labor which he taketh under the sun." This blessed spirit of adoption teaches man what profit he... | |
| William Beveridge - 1844 - 490 sidor
...experience of all mankind, that " riches profit not in the day of wrath." " What profit Prov. u. 4. then hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the Eecles- i.3sun ?" No more than as if he had sat still and done nothing at all, if his labour was only... | |
| 1845 - 702 sidor
...king in Jerusalem. 2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanl ty of vanities; all is vanity. 3 ill, О God. 2 For Ihe sun ? 4 One generation passelh away, and another generalion cometh : bul the earth abideth for... | |
| Augusta M. Wicks - 1845 - 214 sidor
...life—and his riches, where are they ? They could not follow him to the grave!— "What profithath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, » 22nd chap. Prov. 6th verse, t 1st chap. Prov. 8th & 9th... | |
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