 | Isaac Ambrose - 1832 - 730 lehte
...forsaken of God, an object amongst men; )f VjC./< " Alas! man at his best is altogether vanity, yea, men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie, to lie laid in the balance, I am altogether lighter than vanity; how then should I Iteiieve any such aeonclition'f... | |
 | William Jay - 1832 - 704 lehte
...always truth. David indeed erred when he said in his haste — all men are liars ; yet too commonly "men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie." But even Balaam could say, " The Lord is not a man that he should lie ; neither the sou of man that... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1832 - 330 lehte
...spendeth as a shadow ? 1 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew ; surely they are disquieted in vain. * Men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie. Verily, every man at his best state is altogether vanity. The thoughts of men are vanity. * Our conversation... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 lehte
...Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him : God is a refuge for 118. 12 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high...balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. 13 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart... | |
 | John Comly, Isaac Comly - 1833 - 434 lehte
...been beheld soaring above the real participation of those enjoyments for which they seem to aim. " Surely, men of low degree are vanity, and men of high...balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity." Surely, nothing but a life of rectitude, the result of an enlightened understanding and obedient mind,... | |
 | George Horne - 1833 - 438 lehte
...God is our refuge ;" yet how very seldom do we recur to him as such in the hour of temptation ! " 9. Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high...lie : to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighttr than vanity." A reason is here assigned, why we should at all times " trust in God ;" namely,... | |
 | Brent of Bin Bin (pseud.), Miles Franklin - 1928 - 426 lehte
...to marry the girls to any rowdy so long as he has Colonial experience, and not think of family." " ' Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree a lie : to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity,' " quoted Mrs Mazere, and... | |
 | E.F. Bleiler - 1966 - 356 lehte
...from the Jews, had prohably its origin in the figurative language of Scripture. Thus, Psalm Ixii, 9: "Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the halance, they are altogether lighter than vanity": and in Daniel, the sentence against the King of... | |
 | Thorleif Boman - 1960 - 228 lehte
...opinion' : Surely men of low degree are vanity (hebhel), And men of high degree are a lie (kazabh): To be laid in the balance, They are altogether lighter than vanity (Ps. 62.9 AV). hebhel occurs together with toh& to signify what is vain and futile (Isa. 49.4); tohu... | |
 | Zondervan - 1984 - 940 lehte
...Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. 9 e brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die. 20 He that feared Ihey are altogether lighter lhan vanily. 10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery:... | |
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Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie : to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. 
