 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.  The Grampians Desolate: A Poem - Side 296af Alexander Campbell - 1804 - 316 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Morning and evening prayers - 1818 - 714 sider
...that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill. I would make my humble, my thankful boasts in thy supreme providence: in thy government and benevolence... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 sider
...race is not to' the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet rfches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but lime and chance happeneth to them all, 'I sa\v and observed, that, here on earth, all things do not... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 sider
...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 skilt; but time and chance happeneth to them all. I saw and observed, that, here on earth, all things... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 sider
...that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor rding to all 12 For man also knoweth not his time : as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds... | |
 | 1809 - 556 sider
...that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong ; neither y tt bread to tht wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill i but time and chance bappenetb to them all.] If But do not presume merely on thy own industry, though... | |
 | James Hare - 1809 - 474 sider
...not al" ways 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 ; for who " knoweth not in all these that the hand of " the Lord hath wrought this? The horse is "... | |
 | Edward Reynolds - 1811 - 434 sider
...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...skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. Some consider this verse as the observation of another vanity under the sun, viz. That events and successes... | |
 | William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester), Richard Hurd - 1811 - 484 sider
...the swift ; nor " the battle to the strong ; neither yet bread to the " wise ; nor yet riches to the men of understanding • " nor yet favour to men of...skill ; but time and " chance happeneth to them all. Eccles. ix. 11. Could " a wise man, under an extraordinary providence " himself, talk in this manner,... | |
 | William Giles - 1811 - 268 sider
...knowledge, 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 happeuetu to them all.' Trade, in all its branches is precarious, and its advantages are uncertain.... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 436 sider
...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 : so far from it, it is the lame that take the prey, the weak are strong, and he that becomes a fool... | |
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