 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges...  Sermons, tr. by R. Robinson (H. Hunter) - Pàgina 113per Jacques Saurin - 1800Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1803 - 422 pàgines
...will be when they exist no more, as he was before they existed at all. Secondly, Having judged of the grandeur of God by the sublimity of his essence, judge...is he that strctcheth out the heavens as a curtain, andspreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. Lift up your eyes on high, and be/told who hath created... | |
 | 1803 - 466 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Elizabeth Hamilton - 1806 - 292 pàgines
...upon the circle " of the earth, and the inhabitants " thereof are as grasshoppers ; that "stretcheth out the heavens as a " curtain, ,. and 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... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pàgines
...sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof arc as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a 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... | |
 | Jean Siffrein Maury - 1807 - 298 pàgines
...dust ; yea less than nothing, and vanity ;' ' seeing it ' is^He that stretcheth out the heavens like a curtain, and • spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.' (Ch. xl. 10, &c.) •Sometimes this prophet has all the sweetness of an ec• logue, in the smiling... | |
 | Johannes van der Kemp - 1810 - 572 pàgines
...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... | |
 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 1810 - 184 pàgines
...small dust ; yea, less than nothing and vanity ;' seeing it is 'He that stretcheth out the heavens like a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.' Sometimes this prophet has all the sweetness of an eclogue, in the smiling images he gives us of peace... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1810 - 446 pàgines
...sitteth r>n the cir,le of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that spreadeth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tesu to- dwell in." There is perhaps nothing comparable to this in any heathen poet. But even this... | |
 | John Dick - 1811 - 302 pàgines
...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 to noug.ht; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity."f In all these... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1813 - 468 pàgines
...will be, when they exist no more, as he was before they existed at all. Secondly, Having judged of the grandeur of God by the sublimity of his essence, judge...meditation in the words of my text. " It is he that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. Lift up your... | |
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