 | James Hardie - 1819 - 364 sidor
...forth like a flower, and is cut do&n; hejleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not." Job xiv. 1. " We are but of yesterday, and know nothing ; because our days upon earth are a shadow." Job viii. 9. " Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely, I know... | |
 | 1819 - 286 sidor
...less is man, that is a worm, and the son -of man, who is the offspring of such a reptile. 9. We are of yesterday and know nothing : because our days upon earth are a shadow. 10. Wherefore, inquire, I pray thee, of former ages ; and prepare thyself to search of the fathers... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1820 - 346 sidor
...How much less is man, that is a worm, and the eon of man, who is the offspring of sucli a reptile. 9. "We are but of yesterday and know nothing : because our days upon earth are a -liadow. 10. Wherefore, inquire, I pray thee, of former ages ; and prepare thyself to search of the... | |
 | John Arrowsmith - 1822 - 410 sidor
...! are but of yesterday, and know not where they shall be to-morrow, according to that of Bildad, " We are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow."^ His being God from everlasting to everlasting, should encourage us to walk " in the way everlasting,"**... | |
 | 1823 - 154 sidor
...foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth. (4 Job, 19.) 10. What does Bildad say ? We are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow. (8 Job, 9.) 11. How does the Psalmist describe the effects of God's chastisements on man ? When thou... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 450 sidor
...judge in the mysterious subjects of religion. Learning must not, presumptuously, pretend to decide. For we are but of yesterday, and KNOW NOTHING ; because our days upon earth are a shadow. We must not concern ourselves in fruitless inquiries into the mode in which the Holy Spirit is enabled... | |
 | Joseph Caryl - 1824 - 282 sidor
...ijt. " Bildad proceeds to a second general argument, by an appeal to the ancients. " Verse 8. ' For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers.' " The former age may include all time past. The fathers were dead, but they lived in their traditions... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 sidor
...Swifter than a weaver's shuttle, &c. Thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.— Job viii. 1, 2. 6—10. We are but of yesterday and know nothing, because our days upon the earth are a shadow. — Job viii. 9. 392 OF DEATH, &C. Man that is born of a woman is but of few... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 sidor
...Swifter than a weaver's shuttle, &c. Thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. — Job viii. 1, 2. 6 — 10. We are but of yesterday and know nothing, because our days upon the earth are a shadow. — Job viii. 9. 302 CHAP. XXXII.] 393 Man that is born of a woman is but of... | |
 | Benjamin Moore - 1824 - 396 sidor
...short epistles. I shall, therefore, conclude this head of my discourse, in the language of Job — " Inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and " prepare thyself to search of their fathers. For we " are but of yesterday, and know nothing. Shall not " they teach thee,... | |
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For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers '(for we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow). 
