| Henry Cowles - Bible - 1869 - 444 pages
...then how canst thou contend with horses ? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan? The close connection of v. 6 with this v. 5, requires us to interpret this as spoken to the prophet,... | |
| Charlotte Mary Yonge - Bible - 1869 - 416 pages
...thee, how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan ? — Jer. xii. 5. Common duties and ordinary tasks are wearing and tedious. We think some great crisis... | |
| Thomas Valpy French (bp. of Lahore.) - 1869 - 458 pages
...then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan ? "* The faith of a truly converted soul has very fine and delicate weights, for sifting truth and... | |
| Peter Young - Bible - 1871 - 766 pages
...thee, then how canst thou contend with horses ? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they have wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?" As much as to say, " If the persecution of thy own people of Anathoth disconcert thee, how wilt thou... | |
| Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - Bible - 1864 - 742 pages
...then how canst thou contend with horses ? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?" Jer. xii. 5. It is therefore a reasonable thing to believe the Bible. Were it but probably God's word,... | |
| Henry Martyn Field - 1884 - 312 pages
...thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they have wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan t " After an hour's ride across the plain, we came to a more open space, where the jungle on the river... | |
| Mary Wilder Tileston - Devotional calendars - 1884 - 394 pages
...then how canst thou contend with horses ? and if in the land of peace wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan f — JER. xii. 5. How couldst thou hang upon the cross, To whom a weary hour is loss ? Or how the... | |
| Christian literature, English - 1884 - 812 pages
...then how canst thou contend with horses ? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan ? " The preacher applied the text first to the conduct of men's worldly affairs. If a man will not... | |
| Eliza Keary - 1884 - 204 pages
...will, but as Thou wilt. St. Matthew xxvi. 39. 30. If in the land of peace wherein thou trustedst they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan. The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. Proverbs... | |
| Charles John Ellicott (bp. of Gloucester) - Bible - 1884 - 636 pages
...then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they d your doings ; if ye throughly execute judgment between a ma ? (6) For even cthy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with... | |
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