 I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by...  The baptist Magazine - Sida 4521818Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 sidor
...precautions. 1 3 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and if [seemed]; !4 great unto me : t'l'here was] a little city, and few men within it ; and there...came a great king against it, and besieged it, and 15 built great bulwarks against it : Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom,... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1806 - 340 sidor
...both the hands full with toil and vexation of fpirit. i> , io....Wifdom is better than weapons of war. There was a little city, and few men within it ; and there came a great king againft it, and befieged it, and built great bulwarks againil it. Now there was found in it a poor... | |
 | 1807 - 570 sidor
...suddenly upon them. 13 «| This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it Ktmed great unto me ; 14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and...and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it : 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city ; yet no man... | |
 | Obsolete ideas - 1807 - 226 sidor
...in his day well aware that the poor were not fairly dealt by, as the following lines will prove : " There was a little city, and few " men within it: and there came a " great king againft it, and befieged it, " and built great bulwarks againft it : " Now there was found in it a... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 sidor
...suddenly with unavoidable calamities. IX. 14 There was a little city, and few men within it ; and then came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. There were many men in it, yet but one wise man : the number of the other was helpless, if not burdenous:... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 sidor
...suddenly upon them. 13 If This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me : 14 K : 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city ; yet no man... | |
 | 1809 - 556 sidor
...wealth and riches. And this single observation shows that I have reason for it. See Annot. [k] Ver. 14. There was a little city, and few men within it; and...there came a great king against it, and besieged it, ami built great bulwarks against it :] There was a city of small circuit, ill fortified, and manned... | |
 | William Huntington - 1809 - 568 sidor
...fortified himfclf in the hearts of the children of men, as appears by the account of the wife man : " There was a little city, and few' men within it ; and there came a great king againft it, and befieged it, and built great bulwarks againft it. Now there was found iii /it a poor... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 314 sidor
...description of a popr man, whose merits are lost in his poverty, than that in the words of the wise man : ' There was a little city, and few men within it; and...wisdom, delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, wisdom is better than strength ; nevertheless, the poor man's wisdom... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1810 - 314 sidor
...description of a poor man, whose merits are lost in his poverty, than that in the words of the wise man : ' There was a little city, and few men within it; and...wisdom, delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, wisdom is better than strength; nevertheless, the poor man's wisdom... | |
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