 | Matthew Henry - 1825 - 556 sidor
...instead of producing its ordinary effects, will excite attachment, and perpetuate esteem. J Inquire of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search...nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow. lt is not, however, intended, that the passages so given, or referred to, should be regarded as a selection,... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 1825 - 558 sidor
...instead of producing its ordinary effects, will excite attachment, and perpetuate esteem.^ Inquire of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their . fathers. For we are but of yesterday, ami know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow. It is not, however, intended, that the... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1825 - 626 sidor
...an incidental observation of Bildad, who refers Job to their forefathers for instruction in wisdom : Inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And prepare thyself to the search of their fathers : Assigning as a reason the comparative shortness of life, and consequent ignorance of the present... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1825 - 622 sidor
...as a reason the comparative shortness of life, and consequent ignorance of the present generations : (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing ; Because our days upon earth are a shadow). viii. 8, 9. But the " fathers of the former age," or grandfathers of the present, were the contemporaries... | |
 | Richard Hele - 1825 - 598 sidor
...there not an appointed time to man upon earth ? Are not his days also like the days of an hireling a ? We are but of yesterday, and know nothing; because our days upon earth are a shadow b. We dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the mothc.... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 1825 - 556 sidor
...instead of producing its ordinary effects, will excite attachment, and perpetuate esteem. J Inquire of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers. Far we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow. It is not,... | |
 | 1856 - 430 sidor
...its negative evidence, confirmed in its response the inspired answer of the patriarch, — " Enquire of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers, for we are but of yesterday ;" but it is to the Mosaic record we must turn for any definite statement on a subject concerning which... | |
 | 1826 - 1036 sidor
...righteousness prosperous. 7 Though Ihy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should grealiy increase. 8 For 6 : I 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are. ti shadow :)... | |
 | Thomas Prince - 1826 - 452 sidor
...THOMAS PRINCE, MA Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations Deut. xxxii. 7. For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers.. Job viii. 8. BOSTON, NE PRINTED BY KNEELAND fc GREEN, FOR S. GERRISH. MDCCXXXVI. A NEW EDITION, PUBLISHED... | |
 | Bernard Barton - 1826 - 280 sidor
...cup might pass from him — yet say, Father ! Thy will be done ! 76, THE VANITY OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE. " For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow.'' — Job, viii. 9. His birth of yesterday, To-morrow pass'd away ; — His life the shadow of a summer... | |
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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). 
