 | 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...skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all." Do what some people will, everything seems to come to nought. Men fail who owe them money ; times change,... | |
 | 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...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 them ; as... | |
 | John BULL (Curate of Clipston.) - 1824 - 420 pages
...ii. 6—8. favour or displeasure of God towards any man on earth. " The race is not" always " to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all ; c that is, all these things are... | |
 | Caleb Pitt - 1824 - 868 pages
...bread always to c 2 the wise, nor yet riches always to men of understanding, nor yet favour always to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. For man also knoweth not his time; as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that... | |
 | William Hendry STOWELL - 1825 - 236 pages
...returned and saw under the sun," says Solomon, " that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle tp the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet...skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all." Failures, therefore, cannot always be eluded by the most skilful and laborious application to the pursuits... | |
 | Zebulon Ely, Ezra Stiles Ely - 1825 - 64 pages
...often very earjy blasted. It is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding. — For riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away, as an eagle towards heaven." The most... | |
 | 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...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 net, and as the birds... | |
 | 1840 - 538 pages
...but of God that showeth mercy ;" yes, in a small measure we have proved that " the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet to men of skill." How wonderful are God's ways ! truly they are past finding out. but as he himself... | |
 | John Pridham - 1826 - 438 pages
...itself for the good of man, is evidently at work in all mundane transactions. " 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 understand^ i , ' ** Gen. xxxix. 9. ing, nor yet favour to men of skill*." "The lot is cast into the... | |
 | 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...skill, but time and chance happeneth to them all,". Ecc. ix. II. As all human affairs are liable to accidents and disasters, a firm persuasion, and serious... | |
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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. 
