 | 1871 - 410 pages
...order to see the force of the passage we must emphasize the close of each clause ; " the way of the eagle in the air ; the way of a serpent upon a rock ; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea." " The eagle soars in the air with so lofty and rapid a flight, that the eye cannot follow her way.... | |
 | 1843 - 1108 pages
...the valley shall pick ¡tout, atid the young eagles shall cat it. 18 There be three things tcfiirh for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away....Blessed is the man whom thou choosest and causcst ail ndulierooi woman : she eutetu, and wipeth her mouth, and sailh, I have done no «rick. edness.... | |
 | Criticism - 1864 - 752 pages
...the wise man — " There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea four which I know not : the way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent...the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the wa> of a man with a maid." The lirst three of these wonders science has explained, Bayard Taylor has... | |
 | Voltaire - Philosophy - 1843 - 682 pages
...three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not. The way of an eagle in. me air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of...ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man in his youth." la order to give a literal translation of the passage, it would have been necessary,... | |
 | 1841 - 1136 pages
...young eagles shall eat it. 18 There be three things which arc too wonderful for me, yea, four which 1 burned ? 3 aclulterous woman; she eatetli, and wipelli her mouth, and saith, 1 have done no wickedness. 21 For... | |
 | 1844 - 994 pages
...things are hard to me, and the fourth I am utterly ignorant of. 19 The way of an eagle in the ain> the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man in youth. 20 Such is also the way of an adulterous woman, who eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith... | |
 | 1845 - 702 pages
...There be three things which arc too wonderful for me, yen, four which I know not : 19 The way of un t thy father did put upon us? 10 And the younff-men...him, spake unto him, saying, Thus shaft thou answer wi pet h her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. 21 For three things the enrth is disquieted,... | |
 | 1847 - 1026 pages
...shall eat it. 18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: l!l the LORD hath spoken unto Moses, 23 /,"../; all that...from the day that the LOUD commanded Moift. and h » the way of an adulterous woman ; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.... | |
 | Charles Bridges - Bible - 1847 - 574 pages
...backslidings shall reprove thee."4 18. There be three things whid1 are too wonderful for me; yea, four which 1 know not. 19. The way of an eagle in the air ; the...of a serpent upon a rock: the way of a ship in the m1dst (heart, Marg.) of the sea ; and the way of a man with a maid. 20. Such is the ieay of an adulterous... | |
 | Walter Colton - Biography & Autobiography - 1850 - 534 pages
...terrapin. The great Hebrew proverbialist says there are three things about which there is no certainty, — the way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent...rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea ; and he might have added — the way of a thread of gold in a vein of California quartz ; but probably California,... | |
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There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid. 
