 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.  The North American Review - Page 1571880Full view - About this book
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour. 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was... | |
 | Henry Forster Burder - Conduct of life - 1834 - 204 pages
...and whatsoever mine tyei desired I kept not from thrrn ; I withheld not my heart from any joy. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought,...of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun." There was an adaptation in many of these things to impart a certain degree of blameless pleasure, and... | |
 | New Hampshire Historical Society - Local history - 1834 - 314 pages
...elegantly does the Royal Preacher, in his book of repentance, describe the vanity of all human courses. ''I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought,...of spirit; and there was no profit under the sun;" and at last he says, ''Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter, Fear God and keep his commandments,... | |
 | Robert Haldane - Bible - 1834 - 534 pages
...labour. Then I looked on all the works that rny hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do ; and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun." Thus, the Bible presents a different view of this world from what we find anywhere else, although the... | |
 | Christian biography - 1835 - 434 pages
...have nu pleasure. " Then I looked on all the works that mv hnnds had wrought, and, on the labor that 1 had labored to do: and, behold, all was vanity and...of -spirit, and there was no profit under the sun." Fourthly, Think how little worldly prosperity has distinguished many of the excellent of the earth.... | |
 | Matthew Prior - England - 1835 - 364 pages
...6. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : And, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit; and there was no profit under the sun. ver. 11. I gat me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments,... | |
 | Rilla Askew - Fiction - 1998 - 460 pages
...peculiar treasure of kings of the provinces! and whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them! Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and behold! all was vanity and vexation of spirit! and there was no profit under the sun'! You hear that?... | |
 | 粟野修司 - 1999 - 314 pages
...drama of pain' (p. 335) is biblically resonant of Ecclesiastes-which declares this world is nothing: 'all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun' (2. 11). But it differs from the Bible in that Elizabeth seems to believe neither in God nor in redemption... | |
 | Bibles - 1999 - 68 pages
...from any joy, for my heart rejoiced in all my labour, and this was my portion of all my labour. "Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do, and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was... | |
 | Dick Iverson - Religion - 2001 - 244 pages
...from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was... | |
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