 | 1799 - 224 oldal
...favour. Amidst all this honour, however, one thing mortified him : " All this," said he, " availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate." MORDECAI AT THE KING'S GATE. It has been intimated that Mordecai held some office at the Persian court.... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 oldal
...prepared but myself; and to-morrow am I invited unto •aer also with the king. Yet all this availeth me nothing so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. Then said Zeresh his wife, and all his friends unto Mm, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high,... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 506 oldal
...prepared but myself ; and tomor13 row am I invited unto her also with the king. Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate ; to see him continue his place at court, is as odious a» 14 if I had lost my all. Then said Zeresh... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 540 oldal
...and queen ; and, at last, after all his sunshine, sets in this cloudy epilogue, Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. It is seldom seen, that God allows, even to the greatest darlings of the world, a perfect contentment.... | |
 | 1864 - 868 oldal
...under which ha writhes. Let us go back to the best of books for the next example. "All this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate." All what ? Almost everything that heart could desire. Haman had marvellous riches, "a multitude of... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 oldal
...prepared but myself; and tomorrow am I invited unto her also with the king. 13 Yet all this avaHeth ese three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab. 14 And E 14 f Then said Teresh his wife and all his friends unto him, I;et a gallows be nittde of fifty cubits... | |
 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 412 oldal
...prepared but myself; and to. morrow am I invited unto her also with the king. Yet all this availetb me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. Then said Zeresh his wife, and all his friends untp him, Let a gallows be inade oftifty cubits high,... | |
 | Church of Scotland - 1810 - 636 oldal
...upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. Esther v. 13. Vet a« this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at U* king's gate. 1 Cor. x. 10. Neither murmur ye, a» some of them alw murmured, and were destroyed... | |
 | Frances Elizabeth King - 1812 - 146 oldal
...distinctions, and prosperity ; concluding with this bitter and degrading confession ; " Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew, sitting at the king's gate.*" A mere trifling privilege possessed by an humble unaspiring individual, was sufficient to destroy the... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 560 oldal
...prepared, but myself; and to-morrow am I invited unto her also with the king. Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate,' See it also in Ahab, 1 Kings xxi. 4. * And Ahab came into his house, heavy and displeased, because... | |
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Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. 
