| 1788 - 598 pages
...of the air fhall carry the voice, and that which hath wings fhall tell the matter/.' CHAP. XI. CAST thy bread upon the waters : for thou fhalt find it after many days. 2 Give a portion to feven, and alfo to eight : for thou knoweft not what evil fhall be upon the'e'aTth.... | |
| Benjamin Jenks - 1793 - 496 pages
...the poop fhall not lack," Luke vi. 38. " Give, *' and it mail be give unto you." Ecclef. xi. i, 2. *' Caft thy bread upon the waters : for thou fhalt *' find it, after many days. Give a portion to feven, " and alfo to eight ; for thou knoweft not, what " evil mall be on the earth."... | |
| Samuel Clark - 1803 - 244 pages
...that will pity the poor. Prov. xxviii. 27. He that giveth unto the poor, ftall not lack. Eccl. xi. i. Caft thy bread upon the waters ; for thou fhalt find it after many days. Ver. 2. Give a portion to feven, and alfo to eight ; for thou knoweft not what evil fhall be upon the... | |
| Edward Robinson - 1849 - 872 pages
...religion which is Heaven's remedy for the imperfection, which stamps all things below the sun. 1 Cast thy bread upon the waters ; For thou fhalt 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.... | |
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