 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
 | Church of England - 1849 - 1236 sidor
...son of David, king in Jerusalem. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities ; all i« l#P ``> + ? One generation passeth away, and another generation coineth : but the earth abideth for ever. The... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1849 - 696 sidor
...they are, so its frowns appear more terrible to the carnal heart, than they are really : Eccl. i. 2, " Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity." The one and the other are like foam on the water, appearing big, but soon pass away. Being seen by... | |
 | 1849 - 788 sidor
...subject announced. — Ch. 1 : 1, 2. I The -words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Jerusalem. * Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities ! all is vanity. As Solomon was the only son of David who was king of Jerusalem, he is here as distinctly pointed out... | |
 | 1849 - 614 sidor
...an introduction which has no parallel or resemblance in any other writing that we have ever seen: " Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity." He spake from the heart; he was a man of experience. He had tried "amusements." Now let me ask you... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1849 - 872 sidor
...subject announced.—Ch. 1:1,2. 1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Jerusalem. ' Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities ! all is vanity. As Solomon was the only son of David who was king of Jerusalem, he is here as distinctly pointed out... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - 1850 - 320 sidor
...spirit. That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. "What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? The thing which hath been, it is that which shall be, and there is no new thing under the sun. One... | |
 | Peter Dickinson - 2003 - 268 sidor
...from Ecclesiastes: "Vanity, vanity saith the preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity. What profit a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? One generation passeth away and another generation cometh". Sadly the motion was lost 10— 22.'10... | |
 | Keith Bender - 2003 - 370 sidor
...OF FAILURE; WISDOM IS THE ABSENCE OF FEAR AND A BEACON OF ENLIGHTENMANT. 24 THE WOLVES AND THE SHEEP Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, Vanity of vanities; all is vanity. Ecclesiastes 1: 2 With Jim Baker's downfall, all construction stopped, A new high-rise hotel of 500... | |
 | Jennifer Michael Hecht - 2010 - 578 sidor
...statement that there is "nothing new under the sun" is framed by similar claims of eternal sameness: Vanity of vanities; all is vanity. . . . What profit...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 sun... | |
 | Benjamin Katz - 2004 - 354 sidor
...classical voice forcefully bringing the message of the futility of human endeavour in such a world-reality. "Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of...vanities; all is vanity". "What profit hath a man of his labour which he taketh under the sun?" "One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh:... | |
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