 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them ; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.  De Quincey's Writings - Page 81by Thomas De Quincey - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Reformed Church - 1803 - 422 pages
...They are upright as the palm-tree, but speak not. They must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in t.hem to do good, ver. 2, &c. Remark here the double motive of not fearing them : on the one hand they cannot do... | |
 | Hugh Farmer - Miracles - 1804 - 390 pages
...any power at all : for, in reference to all the Heathen deities, they thus admonish the Israelites, Be not afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good f. It is true, indeed, that both according to the antient and modern versions of the Bible, the... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 476 pages
...upright as the palm tree, but speak not : they must needs be borne, or carried, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them ; for they cannot do evil, neither also [is it] in them to do good. The flrofi/ie!, being struck vit Л a tense of God's infinite greatness and glory, compared with... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1809 - 540 pages
...They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not : They must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them ; for they cannot do evil ; neither also is it in them to do good." As to the hosts of heaven, the sun, moon, and stars, although mankind receive benefit by them,... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1809 - 554 pages
...They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not : They must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them ; for they cannot do evil ; neither also is it in them to do good." As to the hosts of heaven, the sun, moon, and stars, although mankind receive benefit by them,... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Sermons, English - 1813 - 468 pages
...They are upright as the palmtree, but speak not. They roust needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good," ver. 2, &.c. Remark here the double motive of not fearing them : on the one hand, they cannot... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1817 - 568 pages
...They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not : they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them ; for they cannot do evil ; neither also is it in them to do good." As to the hosts of heaven, the sun, moon, and stars, although mankind receive benefit by them,... | |
 | 1818 - 948 pages
...They are upright as the palm-tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. heir counsel to nought, XehemùA reforms usury. CHAP. V. that we good. \o comparison with God. Г. 5 / СНЛР. Xl.JtremiahproclaimsGod's covenant. G Forasmuch as... | |
 | Whitlock Nicol - 1823 - 356 pages
...are yods; yea do good er do evil* : " these words are addressed to the idols ; of whom it is said, " Be not afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good3." ' Exod. vii. 1; xii. 22; xxii. 28; xxiii. 32. Numb, xxxiii. 4. Psalm Ixxxii. 6. Jere. xlvi.... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 558 pages
...whatsoever he pleased in heaven and in earth. The prophet Jeremiah speaking of the vanity of idols, says ; " Be not afraid of them ; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good — But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king. — The gods... | |
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