 VANITY of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh : but the earth abideth for ever.  The Grampians Desolate: A Poem - Side 296af Alexander Campbell - 1804 - 316 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1611 - 360 sider
...gates. ECCLESIASTES OR THE PREACHER THE words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. VANITY of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of...man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh : but the earth abideth for ever. The... | |
 | Francis Gastrell (bp. of Chester) - 1717 - 352 sider
...Thoughts of Men are Vanity. * Our Converfation, received by Tradition from our Fathers, is vain. *, And what Profit hath a Man of all his Labour which he taketh, and of the Vexation of his Heart , wherein he hath labour'd under the Sun? » He laboureth in vain,... | |
 | William Beveridge (bp. of st. Asaph.) - 1757 - 332 sider
...experience of all mankind, That Riches profit not in the day of •wrath, Prov. xi. 4. What profit then hath a man of all his labour 'which he taketh under the Sun ? Ecelef. 5, 3. No more than if he had fat ftill and done nothing at all, if his labour was only for... | |
 | James Burgh - 1766 - 312 sider
...No author is more copious on this fubjeft than So LOMON. " Vanity of vanities, faith the preacher, all " is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour, " which he taketh under the fun ? I have feen all the " works that are done under the fun, and behold, all " is vanity and vexation... | |
 | 1788 - 598 sider
...king of Jerufalem. 2 Vanity of vanities, faith the Preacher, vanity of vanities : all- is vanity. 3 What, profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the fun ? 4 fl One generation pafieth away, and another generation cometh : but the earth abideth for ever.... | |
 | Jonathan Birch - 1800 - 122 sider
...glory perish with herself, and let us be conversant with more eternal things. ECCL., chap. 1, v. 2, 14. Vanity of vanities ; saith the preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit.... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 sider
...name shall be perpetual. On the vanity anil insufficiency of all worldly possessions. Ecclesiastes. Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun : and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 sider
...very apparent. CHAP. I. 1 r I MIE words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Je2 Л- rusalem. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher ; vanity of vanities, all [is] vanity, that i», all that relates only to thin life. This is the text of his sermon, and the issue of his... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 sider
...since it is both fickle in the continuance, and unsatisfying in the nature and worth thereof. I. 2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity. I. 3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? So far is all the labour... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 sider
...king of Jerusalem. 2 Vanity of vanities, saitli the preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity. 3 the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and Min ? 4 One generation passetll away, and another generation cometh : but the earth abideth for ever.... | |
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