 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith ? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it ? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.  The life of William Dewsbury [ed. by J. Barclay]. - Page 21by Edward Smith - 1836 - 323 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Orson Ferguson Whitney - Mormons - 1921 - 332 pages
...new one, and if the All-wise be the doer or director of the deed, who ran question its rightfulness? "Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth...saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it?"* Wars Decreed. — "I have sworn in my wrath and decreed wars upon the face of the earth, and the wicked... | |
 | Jesse Leonard Rosenberger - Biography & Autobiography - 1922 - 468 pages
...and conduct. 1 Heb. 1 2 : 1 2-13. 2Jer.36:23. »Acts 16:14. WICKED DOERS OP RIGHt "Shall the ax boast against him that heweth therewith ? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it?"1 Jehu is commended in II Kings 10:30, as having done well in executing that which is right in... | |
 | Richard Green Moulton - 1922 - 298 pages
...or that opened the mouth, or chirped.' Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it ? as if a rod should shake them that lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up him that is not wood. Therefore... | |
 | Richard Green Moulton - Bible stories, English - 1922 - 558 pages
...or that opened the mouth, or chirped.' Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if a rod should shake them that lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up him that is not wood. Therefore... | |
 | Paul Edward Kretzmann - Bible - 1924 - 748 pages
...all credit to himself. But the prophet counters with a reproof of bitter irony: v. 15. Shall the ax + drawing it to and fro in severing the wood! It is just as foolish for a tool to boast over against... | |
 | 1923 - 694 pages
...that opened the mouth, or chirped. 150 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith ? Shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it ? As if a rod should shake them that lift it up, Or as if a staff should lift up him that is not wood. LESSON... | |
 | Paul Edward Kretzmann - Bible - 1924 - 752 pages
...all credit to himself. But the prophet counters with a reproof of bitter irony: v. 15. Shall the ax boast itself against him that heweth therewith? Or...the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it, drawing it to and fro in severing the wood? It is just as foolish for a tool to boast over against... | |
 | Simon Dubnow - Jews - 1925 - 330 pages
...anger," so spoke the Lord through his prophet, "and the staff in their hands is Mine indignation. . . . Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth...the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it?" It was the rod that the dazzled Ahab feared, not God in whose hands that rod was but a weapon incapable... | |
 | Horace Leedom Carncross - Psychoanalysis - 1926 - 376 pages
...instant is the idea of implicit and blind obedience to what is thought to be the will of God diminished. "Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth...magnify itself against him that shaketh it as if the rod should shake itself against them that lifteth it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself,... | |
 | Roland Mushat Frye - Bibles - 1978 - 644 pages
...gathered all the earth; And there was none that moved the wing, Or opened the mouth, or peeped. 15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth...magnify itself against him that shaketh it? As if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, Or as if the staff should lift up itself, as... | |
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