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 Christian Observer - الصفحة 1481815عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| James Hervey - 1767 - عدد الصفحات: 464
...Impertinence ; in order to maintain a more uninterrupted Communion with that Mighty BEING, who fttteth upon the Circle of the Earth, and the Inhabitants thereof are as Grajhoppers before HIM*. Welcome to Theron, was the fliady Bower ; welcome the cool Afpe<S, and the... | |
| Titus Knight - 1770 - عدد الصفحات: 356
...vouchfafes to look down upon the moft exalted natures, that inhabit the higheft heavens. HE fitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as fro/hoppers, HE fits enthroned above all his mighty works, and fees the fummit of creation in the vale... | |
| William Worthington - 1773 - عدد الصفحات: 524
...nothing, and all the inhabitants of the earth are counted lefs than nothing, and vanity. Whojitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grafs-hoppers *. Who doth whatfoever pleafeth him, in heaven, and in earth, in the feas, and in all... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - عدد الصفحات: 424
...becomes foolifh." His tranlcendcnt eminence above all things is moft ;lobly reprefented, when lie " fits upon the circle of " the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as gral's" hoppers i All nations before him are as the drop *' of a bucket, and as the fmall iluft of... | |
| Joseph Priestley - 1782 - عدد الصفحات: 478
...the beginning ? have ye not " underftood from the foundations of the " earth ? It is he that fitteth upon the " circle of the earth, and the inhabitants " thereof are as grafshoppers ; that ftretch" eth out the heavens as a curtain, and " fpreadeth them out as a tent to... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1784 - عدد الصفحات: 504
...a bucket : they are of no more value than the fmall dull that cleaves to the balance : God fitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grafs-hoppers : yea, they are ftill lefs confiderable, all nations before him are as nothing.' There... | |
| 1794 - عدد الصفحات: 954
...becomes foolith." His tranfcendent eminence above all things is molt nobly reprefented, «hen he " fits upon the circle of the earth, and •* the inhabitants thereof are as grafshoppers : •* All nations before him are as the drop of a buc«' ket, and as the (malí dull... | |
| Jacques Saurin - 1800 - عدد الصفحات: 308
...the earth in a measure. He weigheth the! mountains m scales; and the hills in a balance. He sitteth upon the circle of the earth; and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers. Ethold 'all nations, are as a drop of a bucket and are counted as the srnali dust of the balance'.... | |
| Robert MacCulloch - 1800 - عدد الصفحات: 688
...and filver, 'filver, and timber, and imagine them to have created the earth. 22 It is he that fitted* upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grafshoppers ; that flretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and fpreadeth them out as a tent to dwell... | |
| Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1803 - عدد الصفحات: 422
...nations before him are as the drop of a bucket. He taketh up the isles as a very little thing. He sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers. What loftiness of expression ! The deference we pay to the sacred writers is not founded on the beauty... | |
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