 | J. Coote - 1817 - 378 pages
...Hendon. Rev. Williams. Eccles. ix. 11. I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeueth to them all. Islington. St. Mary. Rev. Jerome Alley. Job, xxxiv. 18,19, 20. Is it fit to... | |
 | James Porter - Bible - 1819 - 34 pages
...other object of his pursuit. He is entirely dependent upon God for success. The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all." Ex. 9. il. A man may have a fair prospect of success in an. undertaking, and... | |
 | 1828 - 818 pages
...less fortunate in life. Mr. EDITOR, — A wise and inspired teacher tells us, " The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time ;m<l chance happeneth to all men." Now, Sir, I am conscious to myself, that I am neither swift, nor... | |
 | Robert Walker, Hugh Blair - Presbyterian Church - 1820 - 514 pages
...prosper in all his plans. ••• I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong ; neither yet...nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all." Men are too apt " to VOL. u. p sacrifice to their own net, and to burn incense... | |
 | George Holden - Bible - 1822 - 316 pages
...power, but they (*. e. the oppressed) had no comforter ;" (ch. iv. 1 ;) that " the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all;" (ch. ix. 11 ;) that " the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of... | |
 | J Dennis Furley - 1824 - 188 pages
...endeavours, frail our present state; c [11] 1 returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all, d [12] For man also Icnowethnot his time: as the fishes that are taken [V. 11.... | |
 | Christian life - 1868 - 346 pages
...is a truth of which illustrations present themselves to us every day, that " the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all." Do what some people will, everything seems to come to nought. Men fail who... | |
 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 508 pages
...done under the sun, that there is one event unto all. I saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to all men. That which befalleth the sons of men, befalleth beasts, even one thing befalleth... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...the grave, whither thou goest. 1 1 ^ I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race it not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all. 12 For man also knoweth not his time : as the fishes that are taken in an evil... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1827 - 638 pages
...seen by those who have diligently observed human counsels and events, " that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...nor yet favour to men of skill, but time and chance happeneth to them all,". Ecc. ix. II. As all human affairs are liable to accidents and disasters, a... | |
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I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all. 
