 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.  Sermons - Page 211by Hobart Caunter - 1832Full view - About this book
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1831 - 332 pages
...the pursuits and labours which engage us day by day, of which Solomon says, / looked on all the works my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do, — these are things seen. Every intellectual improvement, the stores of human learning and wisdom,... | |
 | 1849 - 1188 pages
...travail grief, yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity. (2 : 11). Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do ; and behold all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...done under the sun, and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Ecclei. i. 13, 14. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on...of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. Eccles. ii. II, Therefore I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous... | |
 | Jane Taylor - 1832 - 326 pages
...my labor. Then I looked on the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit; and there was no profit under the sun. — Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. — Her ways are ways... | |
 | New Hampshire Historical Society - 1832 - 744 pages
...courses. "I looked on all the works that ray hands had wrought, and on the labor, that I had labored to do, and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit; and there was no profit under thesun;" and at last he says, ''Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter, Fear God and keep his... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour. 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on...of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. %12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh... | |
 | Sherry Hutson Camperson - 1996 - 162 pages
...mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy .... Then I looked . . . and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. ' — Eccles. 2:8-11. Solomon also said, "The eyes of man are never satisfied" (Prov. 27:20). He continues:... | |
 | Laurence Bergreen - 1996 - 706 pages
...the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts. So I was great. . . . Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought and on the labor that I had labored to do: and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no... | |
 | George Boas - 1997 - 244 pages
...joy ; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor : and this was my portion of all my labor. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do : and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was... | |
 | Rilla Askew - 1998 - 460 pages
...whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them! Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and behold! all was vanity and vexation of spirit! and there was no profit under the sun'! You hear that? 'No . . . profit . . . under . . . the sun ...''" He paused long and lingeringly between... | |
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