 | rev James Inglis - 1861 - 550 pàgines
...good, so is the sinner ; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. 11. 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. Jer. 12.1. Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee : yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments... | |
 | Christian Scriver - 1860 - 332 pàgines
...only the heathen, but even Christians. The course of things is well described by Solomon : I turned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the...wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all.1 On the other hand, they who contemplate... | |
 | Philip William Perfitt - 1861 - 436 pàgines
...things, the same should be said — that their time is fixed by God. In the ninth chapter, he says : " I returned, and saw, ' under the sun, that the race...skill, but time and chance happeneth to them all. For man also ' knoweth not his time ; as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the ' birds... | |
 | David A. Crockett - 2002 - 310 pàgines
...importance of opposition leadership in presidential politics. PARTI Democratic Opposition and the Presidency I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is...skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. Ecclesiasteso:11 (KJV) It admittedly seems counterintuitive to think of the president as an opposition... | |
 | Marie le Jars de Gournay - 2007 - 206 pàgines
...Virtue, 1 19-22, usefully discusses fortune in the Aristotelian context. 88. Compare Eccles. 9:11: "I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race...wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill,- but time and chance happeneth to them all." 89. That is, Petronius Arbiter... | |
 | Rool Noiman - 2002 - 214 pàgines
...teaches the way they do — and prosper: "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might. I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is...wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all" (Ecc. 9:10-11). The phrase "whatsoever... | |
 | Ranjay Gulati, Mohanbir Sawhney, Anthony Paoni - 2003 - 368 pàgines
...farther away from the user (not just physically, but through better user interfaces). Real Options / returned and saw under the sun that the race is not...the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, or yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. —Ecclesiastes There is... | |
 | Marvin Rafal - 2003 - 286 pàgines
...prospective employer The English writer George Orwell once took a well-known verse from Ecc/esiastes: "I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race...skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all." Orwell then translated the verse into the worst sort of businessspeak: "Objective consideration of... | |
 | Owen C.C. Nlekwuwa - 2003 - 114 pàgines
...so he giveth his beloved sleep," Not by Human Credentials In Ecclesiastes 9:11, the Bible states, "/ returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is...skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all." The above statement was made by Solomon, the wisest man in the world of his time, after tasting everything.... | |
 | Michael Dirda - 2003 - 242 pàgines
...the Bible in church, and I soon discovered Coholeth's appealingly cynical, angst-ridden observations: "I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race...nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happener.li to them all." F — First editions. Many are the times when I've wished I'd never so much... | |
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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. 
