 | 1611 - 360 oldal
...for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter. CAST thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it...thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the... | |
 | Sarah Martin - 1799 - 152 oldal
...bringing his sheaves with him," Psa. cxxvi. 5, 6. " Cast thy bread upon the waters : for thou shall find it after many days. Give a. portion to seven,...thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth," Eccl. xi. 1, 2. "In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand : for thou knowest... | |
 | Thomas Williams - 1801 - 366 oldal
...is near2.' ' A wise son rejoiceth his father ; ' But a foolish son is the grief of his mother3.' ' Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; • For...thou knowest not what evil .shall be upon the ' earth V These instances, borrowed from Bishop LOWTH, exhibit the three kinds of parallels, which he calls... | |
 | 1812 - 1020 oldal
...when you shall be gathered to your fathers. " Cast thy bread upon the waters,7' says Sqjomon, " for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight : for thou knowcst not what evil shall be upon the earth." The vicissitudes of human affairs render such precepts... | |
 | 1807 - 570 oldal
...youth arc to be thought on. pAST thy bread upon the waters : for thou shalt find it after many days. 2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight ; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. 3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth : and if the tree fall tow aid... | |
 | 1808 - 604 oldal
...charity of others, or even of those, who are now the objects of thy charity. "In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand ; for thou knowest not which of them shall prosper, or whether 1юЦ1 shall be alike good." " He who goeth forth and scattereth... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 oldal
...youth, are to be thought mi. CAST thy bread upon the waters : for tliou shall find it after many days. 2 for u possession. * 20 3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themteivex upon the earth : and if ' the tree fall toward... | |
 | Edward Reynolds - 1811 - 434 oldal
...of righteous men, Prov. xix. 17 ; 2 Cor. ix. (J —10; Deut. xv. 10; Mat. xix. 22; Ps. cxii. 9. 2. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight ; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. " Give a portion ;" an allusion to the manner of their ancient feasts and entertainments, when they... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 506 oldal
...of eternal life on the waters of confused multitudes, and thou shalt find it, in their confessions, after many days. " Give a portion to seven, and also to eight," the latter of which are not included in the number of perfection, and thus deliver thy soul as a faithful... | |
 | 1843 - 752 oldal
...those who are young, on reading the above narrative, remember the exhortation, " In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand : for thou knowest not which shall prosper, or whether both shall be alike good." We know that, if some seeds fall by the... | |
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Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. 
