For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? "For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity. The Twentieth Century - Page 1451926Full view - About this book
| Assembly of divines confess. and catech - 1765 - 626 pages
...books there is no end, and much flndy is a'wearinefs of the flefh. Ecci. ii. 11. For what had»' man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart wherein he hath laboured under the fun ? v. 23 . For all his Jays are lorrowi, and his and recreations r, provoking wordsyj oppreffionf,... | |
| Church of Scotland - Prebyterianism - 1768 - 576 pages
...books there it no end, and much ftudy is a wearinefs of the fleih. Eccl. ii. 22. For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart wherein he hath laboured under the fun ? т. 23. For all hi» days are forrows, and his travel grief; yea, his heart taketh not reit in... | |
| Samuel Hoole - Bible - 1786 - 348 pages
...with the purfuits, and difgufted with the gratifications of life* they exclaim, What profit hath a man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, 'wherein he hath laboured under the fun? For all his days are forrow, and his travail grief* /—Surely then, fince this earth affords... | |
| Thomas Secker - Sermons, English - 1792 - 624 pages
...folicitous about another ; fo they are always in purfuit, and never contented. What hath man of all bis labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the fun ? All bis days are for rows, and his travel grief: yea, bis heart taketb not re/i in the night.... | |
| John Flavel - 1799 - 684 pages
...Few and evil have ;*. j days of the years of our lives been." Eccl. ii. 22, 23. " For what hath man of all his labour, and of the " vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the fun .' " For all his days arc forrows. and his travail grief; yea, his heart " taketh no reft in the... | |
| Francis Gastrell - Bible - 1804 - 376 pages
...received, by. Tradition our Fathers, is vain. what Profit hath a Man of all his Labour which he taketh, and of the Vexation of his Heart wherein he hath laboured under the Sun ? n He laboureth i:n vain, he fpendeth his Strength! for nought. <• ;- -•-• ; - •-•: « Ecclef.... | |
| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...leave it for his portion. This also is vanity, and a great evil. For what hath man of all his laboar, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun ? All his days he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness. For all... | |
| 1807 - 570 pages
...therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. 22 For what hath mart of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun ? 23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief ; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night.... | |
| Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1810 - 636 pages
...books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh. Eccl. ii. 22. For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun ? Ver. 23. For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the... | |
| Edward Reynolds - Bible - 1811 - 434 pages
...by death to bequeath or leave to another, and so to make it his inheritance. 22. For what hatlmian of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? " For what hath man of all his labour," &c.: what is there unto a man of all his labour? what profit,... | |
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