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" I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by... "
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern: English and Foreign ... - Page 445
1899 - 658 pages
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The paragraph Bible, arranged in paragraphs and parallelisms

1838 - 1196 pages
...and few men within it ; and there came a great king 15 against it, and besieged it, and built great e, and the whole mount quaked greatly. And when the...the trumpet sounded long, and waned louder and lo 16 no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, Wisdom if better than strength : nevertheless...
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The Biblical repositor (and quarterly observer ..., Volume 11, Issues 29-32

Edward Robinson - 1838 - 1076 pages
...and there came against it a great king, who surrounded it, and raised against it great entrenchments. "Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city ; yet no one noticed that poor man. "Then said I, wisdom is bolter than strength," etc. Eccl. c. 9. v. 13 —...
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London Saturday Journal..., Volume 1

1839 - 444 pages
...read the following verses :— " This wisdom have I seen under the sun, and it seemed great unto me. There was a little city, and few men within it; and...great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered...
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The Holy Bible According to the Authorized Version: With Notes ..., Volume 2

1839 - 1060 pages
...suddenly upon them. 13 f This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me : 14 t it in the water. Sir J. Chardin. The Prophet foresees...pronounces blessed the lot of those that should go out great bulwarks against it: 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom 8. Let...
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Six letters to a brother curate, on professional topics of various interest ...

John Pring - 1839 - 184 pages
...in the world, as being invisible, to venture to address it any how. But we read in Scripture how " there was a little city and few men within it : and...great king against it, and besieged it ; and built great bulwarks against it. Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered...
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Rosanna; Or, Scenes in Boston: A Story

Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee - 1839 - 142 pages
...a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. Now there was found in it a poor...wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. " Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength; the words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the...
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A sketch of the the life of the rev. John Brown, sometime minister ... in ...

Thomas Lockerby - 1839 - 566 pages
...contact with the rich. Solomon instances a case that may have often occurred, Eccles. ix. 14 — 16. " There was a little city, and few men within it ; and there came a great king against it, and beseiged it, and built great bulwarks against it. Now, there was found in it a poor wise man, and he...
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The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated Out of the ...

1840 - 870 pages
...it ; and there camea great king against it, and besieged it, and bum great bulwarks against it : 15 , and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided....And the children of Israel went into the midst of nan. 16 Then said I, Wisdom it better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom '\ despised,...
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Eleven village sermons, by the author of 'Twelve plain sermons'.

Edward James Moor - 1840 - 212 pages
...ECCLESIASTES ix. 13, &C. This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me : There was a little City, and few men within it: and...great King against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. Now there was found in it a poor wise Man, and he by his wisdom delivered...
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The Home Missionary, Volumes 12-14

1840 - 902 pages
...sheep-cote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel. Eccl. 9 : 15, 16— There was a little city, and few men within it, and...a great king against it and besieged it, and built great bulwarks agains* it. Now there wat found in kn poor wi*e man, and he by his wisdom с vered the...
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