 | 1832 - 280 pàgines
...mine hand I have done it, and by my wisdom ; for I am prudent. Shall the ax boast itself against hiijv that heweth therewith ? or shall the saw magnify itself...it? as if the rod should shake itself against them thai lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself as if it were no wood."* And ke shall destroy... | |
 | John Mitchell Mason - 1832 - 436 pàgines
.../gathered all the earth, and • there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth...the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it 1 as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff" should lift up... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1832 - 330 pàgines
...like a valiant man. By the strength of my hand I have done it; and by my wisdom, for I am prudent. Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth...the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it ? Or shall the staff lift up itself, as it were no wood ? Therefore shall the Lord of Hosts lop the... | |
 | Chauncey Lee - 1833 - 238 pàgines
...confidence in his own sufficiency, expresses his absolute dependence in bold and striking figures. "Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth...As if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself as if it were no wood." But this truth will stand... | |
 | George Bush - 1833 - 288 pàgines
...saith, by the strength of mine hand I have done it, and by my wisdom | for I am prudent. Shall the ax boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or...as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself as if it were no wood."* And he shall destroy... | |
 | 1833 - 578 pàgines
...For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom." Whereas the Lord said, " Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth...the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it." The sudden check thus predicted to the vain-glorious triumphing of the " great king, " was seen when... | |
 | Edward Dorr Griffin - 1833 - 230 pàgines
...will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria and the glory of his high looks. — Shall the axe boast itself against him that hewet'h...therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketli it?" God had purposes to answer by the sins of the betrayer and murderers of Christ, and a... | |
 | Tyler Thacher - 1834 - 230 pàgines
...carpenter might accomplish his work in spite of all that the carpenter could do to prevent it. But, " Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth...As if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood." The writer in the Christian... | |
 | Thomas Bowdler - 1834 - 302 pàgines
...for I am prudent," — lest we hear our consciences reproving us, in the language of the prophet, " Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth...shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it?"t Whatever we attribute to ourselves we take from Him who giveth wisdom to devise and strength... | |
 | Edward Smith - 1836 - 364 pàgines
...had lived without God, who had created m« for his glory, the word of the Lord came unto me, — ' Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth...magnify itself against him that shaketh it ? As if the staff should shake itself against him that lifteth it up, or the staff lift up itself as if it were... | |
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Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith ? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it ? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood. 
