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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. "
The life of John Donne, with some orig. notes by an antiquary [T.E. Tomlins]. - Page 36
by Izaak Walton - 1865
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The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: And with the Former ...

1860 - 1346 pages
...ECCLESIASTES. no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. 11 ЧГ d gold, and raiment, and went and hid it ; and came again, and swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding,...
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Daily light on the daily path, a devotional text book

1860 - 430 pages
...dismayed, . . there be more with us than with him. The meek will he teach his way. Blessed are the meek. 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,...
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Commentary on Ecclesiastes: With Other Treatises

Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg - 1860 - 510 pages
...God as our friend is the main thing; all depends at last on that; and that alone decides. Ver. 11. / returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the heroes, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding,...
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Commentary on Ecclesiastes, with other treatises, tr. by D.W. Simon

Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg - 1860 - 504 pages
...God as our friend is the main thing; all depends at last on that; and that alone decides. Ver. 11. / returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the heroes, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding,...
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Gotthold's Emblems: Or, Invisible Things Understood by Things that are Made

Christian Scriver - 1860 - 332 pages
...only the heathen, but even Christians. The course of things is well described by Solomon : I turned 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,...
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The Pathfinder, a journal of independent religious reform ..., Volume 5

Philip William Perfitt - 1861 - 436 pages
...things, the same should be said — that their time is fixed by God. In the ninth chapter, he says : " 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,...
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An introduction to the Old Testament, critical, historical, and ..., Volume 2

Samuel Davidson - 1862 - 506 pages
...man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?" (iii. 18-21). " 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,...
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The Pulpit: Its Relations to Our National Crisis: A Sermon, Preached in ...

Nathan Lewis Rice - 1862 - 76 pages
...man, Archbishop Tillotson, preached a fast-sermon on war, and his text was Ecclesiastes ix. 11 : " I returned and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong." The whole discourse, ricli with scripture truth, delivered with...
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Beaten Oil for the Light of Life: Being Daily Thoughts on Bible Texts. For ...

rev. Hugh Baird - 1862 - 646 pages
...things. If I have seen Jesus, and found him, I will follow his example. MAECH 30. Sutrtss from fob almu. "I returned, and saw under the sun. that the race is not to the twift, nor the hattle to the strong."— Eccles. ix. 11. EVERY one should have an important object...
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An Introduction to the Old Testament: Critical, Historical and ..., Volume 2

Samuel Davidson - 1862 - 508 pages
...that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth ?" (iii. 18-21). " 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,...
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