 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...  The baptist Magazine - Page 4521818Full view - About this book
 | 1999 - 68 lehte
...falleth suddenly upon them. "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...his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. "Then said I, "Wisdom is better than strength: 10 and his words are not heard."... | |
 | Jacob Neusner - 1999 - 740 lehte
...NEDARIM 3:IIG-R IIÓ/32B A. And said R. Ammi bar Abba, " 'There is a little city, with a few men in it, and there came a great king against it and besieged...wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city, and yet no man remembered that poor man' (Qoh. 9:14-15): B. " 'There is a little city': this is the... | |
 | 1999 - 572 lehte
...it; and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it. 15 But there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man. l6 But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man's... | |
 | Norman Lamm - 1999 - 980 lehte
...to the Talmud (Nedarim 32b) and many commentators is an allegory for the human body and its limbs. "And there came a great king against it and besieged it and built great bulwarks against it" (ibid.) refers to the yeizer ha-ra. 88. Tanya, chap. 1, defines the benoni, not as an individual of... | |
 | Daniel H. Frank, Oliver Leaman, Charles Harry Manekin - 2000 - 640 lehte
...where he is weak, his end is very near and his destruction impends, as said the sage (Eccles. 9:14f.): 'There was a little city, and few men within it; and...great bulwarks against it; now there was found in it a man poor and wise, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.'... | |
 | Dagobert D. Runes - 2001 - 308 lehte
...wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: There was a little city, and a few men within it; and there came a great king against...his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom... | |
 | Esther C. Stanley - 2001 - 198 lehte
...richly bless each one of you. Q. PART ONE CHAPTER 1 A Poor Wise Man "There was a little city and, a few men within it; and there came a great king against it and besieged it, and built bulwarks against it. Now there was found in it a poor wise man and he by his wisdom delivered the city;... | |
 | Lieve M. Teugels - 2001 - 356 lehte
...him and said, 'O my lord (Gen 44: 1 8). Then Joseph could no longer control himself (Gen. 45: 1 ). And he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no man remembered that poor man. And is it not enough for us that they did not remember him, but he made him the agent... | |
 | Elise Lawton Smith, Evelyn De Morgan - 2002 - 268 lehte
...text was a passage from Ecclesiastes (9:14-16) that she inscribed in the open book in the foreground: There was a little city and few men within it; and...his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. . . . Wisdom is better than strength nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised... | |
 | David Deborah, Sathayananda Ji - 2004 - 250 lehte
...suddenly upon them. 13. This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: 14. There was a little city, and few men within it; and...besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: 15. Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man... | |
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