 | Thomas Stackhouse - Clergy - 1737 - 198 pages
...and Honour, he emulates ; but thdfe that are behind him, he defpifes*: EedeC uc. >jever confidering, that the Race is not always to the Swift, nor the Battle to the Strong, neither yet Bread to the Wife, nor yet Riches to the Men of Underjtanding, nor yet Favour to Men of Skill;... | |
 | Christian life - 1806 - 416 pages
...those who are finally found of their judge in peace. In worldly pursuits we are expressly apprized, that " the race is not always 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... | |
 | William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester), Richard Hurd - Theology - 1811 - 484 pages
...but " he maintains, that the race is not to the swift ; nor " the battle to the strong ; neither yet bread to the " wise ; nor yet riches to the men of understanding • " nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and " chance happeneth to them all. Eccles. ix. 11. Could " a... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - English prose literature - 1822 - 290 pages
...they gain, with vast advantage, in wisdom, goodness, and tranquillity. The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong ; neither bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favour to men of skill, but time and chance happen unto all. When... | |
 | Religion - 1849 - 1188 pages
...prosperity. He says to himself " the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong ; neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to the men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill, but time and chance happeneth to them all" — (9:11). So he thinks. He... | |
 | William Beveridge - Sermons, English - 1845 - 466 pages
...: go where ye will, ye may with him ver. ii. also see under the sun, that " the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither 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,"... | |
 | James Smith - Devotional calendars - 1846 - 396 pages
...the divine word ! But why should we fear, the Lord expressly tells us that "the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither 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." Are... | |
 | 1848 - 788 pages
...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 the men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all. For man also knoweth not his... | |
 | James Foote - Bible - 1849 - 616 pages
...diligence; on the contrary, according to the same inspired authority, " the race is not" always "to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill." In fact, it is to the will of God that success... | |
 | Religion - 1849 - 614 pages
...prosperity. He says to himself " the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong ; neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to the men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill, but time and chance happeneth to them all" — (xi. 11). So he thinks. He... | |
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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 the men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all. 
