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... The Works of the English Poets: Watts - Pągina 20per Samuel Johnson - 1779Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| 1823 - 430 pągines
...that, like an insect in the ground, would seek to magnify the greatness of that being who " sitteth upon the circle of the "earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers."* In connexion with the error which we have been noticing there exists another, equally... | |
| Eliphalet Wheeler Gilbert, Benjamin Ferris - 1823 - 524 pągines
...understand, that HE whom " the heaven of heavens cannot contain," 1 Kings viii. 27, — HE who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers," Isa. xl. 22, — He, before whom all nations are as nothing, and counted to HIM less... | |
| Sarah Brealey - 1823 - 408 pągines
...ought in the strait path through evil and good report, forgetting too often, " It is he who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grashoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell... | |
| Hervey Wilbur - 1823 - 144 pągines
...small dust of the balance: 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 ; that stretcheth out the heavens as' a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell... | |
| 1823 - 406 pągines
...from the beginning ? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? 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... | |
| Joseph Benson - 1824 - 216 pągines
...the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance." (Isaiah xl. 12 — 15.) " 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 curtaiu, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwdM... | |
| Samuel Stennett - 1824 - 570 pągines
...before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. — He sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; he stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell... | |
| George Paxton - 1825 - 578 pągines
...veil or curtain/ We have the same allusion in the sublime strains of Isaiah : " 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... | |
| Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 pągines
...the beginning ? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth ? 22 It is he that sitteth aken grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell... | |
| James Hervey - 1825 - 476 pągines
...dulness, in order to maintain a more uninterrupted communion with that mighty Being, " who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers before him;" Isa. xl. 22.* Welcome to Theron was the shady bower ; welcome the cool aspect... | |
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