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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 Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments; Together with the ... - Page 531
1809 - 959 pages
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The Works of Nathaniel Lardner, Volume 5

Nathaniel Lardner - 1815 - 616 pages
...seen by those who have diligently observed human counsels and events, " that the race is not to the se.8 %3 Ecc. iz. 11. As all human affairs are liable to accidents and disasters, a firm persuasion, and serious...
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A Compendium of the Religious Doctrines, Religious and Moral Precepts ...

1815 - 294 pages
...forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished. The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happencth to them all. CHAP xxv nr. EVIL-SPEAKING,. PUT them in mind to speak evil of no man. Thou...
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A biographical memoir of the public and private life of the ... princess ...

J. Coote - 1817 - 378 pages
...means, that his banished be not expelled from him. f Printed.) Hendon. Rev. Williams. Eccles. ix. 11. I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is...nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeueth to them all. Islington. St. Mary. Rev. Jerome Alley. Job, xxxiv. 18,19, 20. Is it fit to...
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A Sermon Delivered at Pomfret, July 18, 1819, at the Funeral of Deacon ...

James Porter - 1819 - 34 pages
...other object of his pursuit. He is entirely dependent upon God for success. The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all." Ex. 9. il. A man may have a fair prospect of success in an. undertaking, and yet be disappointed, as...
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Sermons on Practical Subjects, Volume 2

Robert Walker, Hugh Blair - 1820 - 514 pages
...man, hath neither a head to contrive, nor hands to execute, shall prosper in all his plans. ••• I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is...skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all." Men are too apt " to VOL. u. p sacrifice to their own net, and to burn incense to their own drag."...
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An Attempt to Illustrate the Book of Ecclesiastes

George Holden - 1822 - 316 pages
...power, but they (*. e. the oppressed) had no comforter ;" (ch. iv. 1 ;) that " the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all;" (ch. ix. 11 ;) that " the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in...
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A paraphrase on ... Ecclesiastes. To which are added the text of the ...

J Dennis Furley - 1824 - 188 pages
...merit claims. d Hence may we learn, how weak Our own endeavours, frail our present state; c [11] 1 returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is...skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all, d [12] For man also Icnowethnot his time: as the fishes that are taken [V. 11. 1 sawe that in runnynge,...
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Discourses controversial and practical, Volume 3

Philip Skelton - 1824 - 504 pages
...This also is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all. I saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift,...to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to all men. That which befalleth the sons of men, befalleth beasts, even one thing befalleth them; as...
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The Tract Magazine and Christian Miscellany

1868 - 346 pages
...is a truth of which illustrations present themselves to us every day, that " the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all." Do what some people will, everything seems to come to nought. Men fail who owe them money ; times change,...
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The Ten Commandments, Illustrated and Enforced, on Christian Principles ...

William Hendry STOWELL - 1825 - 236 pages
...returned and saw under the sun," says Solomon, " that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle tp the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet...skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all." Failures, therefore, cannot always be eluded by the most skilful and laborious application to the pursuits...
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