 Job xxviii. 20, 22, 23. Whence then cometh wisdom, and where is the place of understanding? 22, Destruction and Death say, we have heard the fame thereof with our ears. 23, God understandeth the way thereof, for he looketh to the ends of the earth, and...  The Powers of Genius: A Poem, in Three Parts - Page 91by John Blair Linn - 1804 - 155 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Robinson - 1840 - 536 pages
...said, from their hieroglyphics. Concerning the knowledge which these emblems were intended to impart, " Destruction and Death say, we have heard the fame thereof with our ears." We think of Champollion in a mausoleum, lying on his back, far up under the roof, sketching the mystic... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 pages
...that deep conviction of our own helplessness, which is forced on us by the thought of our mortality. " Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears." Now, therefore, we know both what it is we are in search of, and of whom it is to be obtained. Now... | |
 | 1843 - 350 pages
...place of wisdom, Job introduces "the Deep saying, It is not in me; and the Sea saith, It is not in me; Destruction and Death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears." That noted sublime passage in the Book of Isaiah, which describes the fall of the king of Assyria,... | |
 | William GILLSON - 1844 - 266 pages
...Certain it is that it was revealed to the inhabitants of heaven and to those of earth ; and even " destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears." We may F2 further suppose that when Jesus entered the world at Bethlehem, while some of the heavenly... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1844 - 900 pages
...understanding ? Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears. God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. For he looketh to the ends of... | |
 | Joseph Roberts - 1844 - 662 pages
...His daring mind would make a bound into eternity : but " hitherto shalt thou come, and no further." Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.—Verse 22. Destruction and death, produced by the devastating flood, have conveyed the tidings... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1845 - 638 pages
...of wisdom, Job introduces the " Deep, saying, it is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not in me. Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears." That noted sublime passage in the Book of Isaiah, which describes the fall of the King of Assyria,... | |
 | Rev. William Hancock - 1845 - 328 pages
...of songs to one heavy at heart;" or as dainties seen through a shop-window by a starving beggar. " Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears." Keeping aloof from CHRIST !—how can such an one expect either to lean upon his supporting strength,... | |
 | 1845 - 498 pages
...ourselves in no more toilsome investigation ? But hark ! a sound which is a clue to the discovery : " Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears" (Job xxviii. 22). Destruction and death ! what is their testimony ? They testify that they have heard... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1846 - 540 pages
...understanding ? Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears. God uiulcrstandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. For he looketh to the ends of... | |
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