| 1611 - 360 Seiten
...it not been told you from the beginning? Have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth,...nothing; He maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. Yea, they shall not be planted ; Yea, they shall not be sown: Yea, their stock shall not take root... | |
| Joseph Priestley - 1782 - 478 Seiten
...inhabitants " thereof are as grafshoppers ; that ftretch" eth out the heavens as a curtain, and " fpreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in : " That bringeth the...nothing ; he " maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. " Lift up your eyes on high, and behold " who hath created thefe things, that bring" eth out their... | |
| Jacques Saurin - 1800 - 304 Seiten
...Behold the nations are as the drop of a bucket. Behold he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth^ and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers. words, the lofty words of the text, require two JL sorts of observations : the first are necessary... | |
| 1803 - 466 Seiten
...In Scripture it is styled the heavens. — " Who stretcheth out " the heavens like a curtain!* — That stretcheth out the heavens " as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in f." How far this expansion of the heavens extends, is another ques-» tion. That portion of it diffused... | |
| Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1803 - 422 Seiten
...Behold, the nations are as the drop of a bucket. Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth,...and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers.. The prophet's design in describing the Deity with so much magnificence is to discountenance idolatry,... | |
| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 Seiten
...than nothing, and vanity. To whom then will ye liken God ? or what likeness will ye compare uuto him? It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers -T that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, that spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in : that,... | |
| Elizabeth Hamilton - 1806 - 292 Seiten
..." been told you from the beginning ? " Have ye not understood from the " foundations of the earth ? It is " HE that sitteth upon the circle " of the earth,...spreadeth them out " as a tent to dwell in : that bring" eth the princes to nothing : he " maketh the judges of the earth as ." vanity. He shall blow... | |
| 1807 - 570 Seiten
...the earth ? 22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof arc as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens...curtain,, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in : 23 That bringeth the princes to nothing ; he maketh the judges of the eartli as vanity. 24 Yea, they... | |
| Johannes van der Kemp - 1810 - 572 Seiten
...above the circle of the earth, the inhabitants whereof are as grasshoppers before him ; who stretchetli out the heavens, as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in," Isaiah xl. 18, 22. Therefore when we address the heavenly Father, we must by all means do it with exalted... | |
| John Dick - 1811 - 302 Seiten
...him are as nothing, and they are counted to him less than nothing and vanity. It is he that sittefa upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out tl'ie heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in ; that bringeth the princes... | |
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