 I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by...  Tracts of the Anglican fathers - Page 265de Anglican fathers - 1842Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | T. Dalton - 1852 - 158 pages
...and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. Now, there was found in it a poor wise man, and he, by his wisdom, delivered the city ; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then, said I, Wisdom is better than strength : nevertheless,... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1852 - 393 pages
...it, and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city." And surely science is never more sublime than when thus she wins and wears the * Li vii lib. 24, cap.... | |
 | John Wroe - 1852 - 406 pages
...and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it : Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city ; yet no man remembered that same poor man." Eccles. ix. 14, 15. Question. — What is the city ? Answer.... | |
 | John Kent - 1853 - 444 pages
...and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it ; now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he, by his wisdom, delivered the city." May the reader forgive all that is amiss in it; and if he be a Citizen of Zion, may he have grace given... | |
 | Zondervan - 1984 - 940 pages
...and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: 15 Now red one of the servants, and said. Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethl yet no man remembered that same poor man. 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless... | |
 | סמואל בן מאיר - 1985 - 268 pages
...the wise: wisdom is a strong tower to a wise man, by which to guard his city — as it is said: "But there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city etc." (9:15) — more than ten rulers which are in the city to guard it. gives Strength to the wise:... | |
 | Herbert Lockyer - 1963 - 388 pages
...within it; and there came a great king against it, beseiged it, and built great bulwarks against it: now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man." The application of the parable is obvious, as Habershon... | |
 | Roberta Louis Goodman - 2002 - 544 pages
...a little city, and a few men within it; and there came a great king against it and besieged it; now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom saved the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, wisdom is better than Gevurah,... | |
 | Daniel C. Fredericks - 1993 - 116 pages
...city with few men in it; and a great king came against it, building great siegeworks against it. But there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man (9. 14, 15). For Qoheleth, it is a matter of justice that honorable... | |
 | Noam Chomsky - 1993 - 824 pages
...tower for the empty mob, received little honor" (Theognis 233-234); "There was found in [that city] a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no one remembered that poor man" (Koh 9,15). Sometimes themes come so close in the two collections... | |
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