 | 1885 - 558 pages
...and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them. For Egypt 7 helpeth in vain, and to no purpose : therefore have I 'called her Rahab that sitteth still. Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and 8 inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time... | |
 | 1885 - 936 pages
...the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who kiioweth us? to a people that shall not profit them. 1 8 Kahab that sitteth still. Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that... | |
 | 1889 - 104 pages
...young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them. For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to no purpose : therefore have I called her Rahab that sitteth still. Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to... | |
 | Robert Travers Herford - 1890 - 214 pages
...Yahveh, the symbol of his might, cp. xl. 10. Cut Kahab in pieces, in Is. xxx. 7, Rahab denotes Egypt ; ' Egypt ' helpeth in vain and to no purpose, therefore have I ' called her Rahab that sitteth still.' The name appears to have been given to the crocodile, and may have had originally a mythological meaning,... | |
 | James Hastings, Ann Wilson Hastings, Edward Hastings - 1893 - 590 pages
...which has taken place at the brooks of Arnon." Now " Rahab " stands for Egypt ; as in Isaiah xxx. 7, " For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to no purpose ; therefore have I called her Rahab that sitteth still" — a clearer passage, by the way, than any that Mr. Binion gives for proof. And Supha he takes to... | |
 | John Mee Fuller - 1893 - 946 pages
...weak reeds of his own river) implied a want of trust in the help of God. He snys with bitter scorn : " Egypt helpeth In vain, and to no purpose : Therefore have I called her Rahab that sitteth still." (Is. xxx. 7, RV) But Isaiah did not disapprove of the spontaneously proffered assistance of the tall... | |
 | Rudolf Kittel - 1896 - 432 pages
...asses, And their treasures upon the bunches of the camels To a people that shall not profit them ! For Egypt helpeth in vain and to no purpose, Therefore have I called her, Rahab, that sitteth still ' * — (' Monster, that sitteth still'— so Kittel). 1 Isa. xiv. 29-32. Perhaps v. 32 refers to the... | |
 | Richard Green Moulton - 1897 - 304 pages
...young asses, And their treasures upon the bunches of camels, To a people that shall not profit them. For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to no purpose : Therefore have I called her ' Rahab that sitteth still.'1 Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the... | |
 | Charles Foster Kent - 1897 - 256 pages
...Ethiopian prince who had recently usurped the throne of Egypt. Isaiah pointed with scorn to "Egypt that helpeth in vain, and to no purpose, therefore, have I called her Rahab, that sitteth still " (xxx. 7). His charge against the leaders of Jerusalem, however, was not merely one of folly and shortsightedness.... | |
 | Charles Foster Kent - 1897 - 268 pages
...Ethiopian prince who had recently usurped the throne of Egypt. Isaiah pointed with scorn to "Egypt that helpeth in vain, and to no purpose; therefore, have I called her Rahab, that sitteth still" (xxx. 7). His charge against the leaders of Jerusalem, however, was not merely one of folly and shortsightedness.... | |
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Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever. 
