| William Jones - 1801 - 354 pagina’s
...great prosperity, and flourishing like a green bay-tree. But then it follows, yet he passed atvay, and lo, he was- not; yea I sought him, but he could not be found. His life, though splendid and promising for a time, was short and transient. He seemed to himself to... | |
| William Cobbett - 1801 - 594 pagina’s
...progress and the lamentable catastrophe of Brown, without thinking on the words of Holy Writ ! — " I have " seen the .wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a ".green bay-tree. Yet he passed away ! and, lo! he was not: '.' yea, I sought him, but he could not be found."... | |
| Charles Rollin - 1803 - 472 pagina’s
.... skies. [7] I have seen the nicked in great power ; and spreading himself like a green bay-tree :. yet he passed away, and lo, he was not : yea I sought him, but he could not be found. He is so completely annihilated, that the very place where he stood was destroyed. M. Racine has translated... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 506 pagina’s
...shall see his providence appearing for their destruction. SS This, says David, I have often observed, I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. 3.6 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he [was] not : yea, I sought him, but he could not be found ; / have... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 504 pagina’s
...oflen observed, I have seen the wicked: in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he [was] not : yea, I sought hinîî but he could not be found ; / have seen families which flourished by iniquity gone at on.ce,... | |
| James Fisher - 1806 - 352 pagina’s
...which I noticed a little before, when I saw this tree growing in full verdure in this place ; " I " have seen the wicked in great power, and " spreading..." yea, I sought him, but he could not be " found," Psal. xxxvii. 35, 36. Nor will a reflection on their latter end yield the smallest satisfaction to... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 550 pagina’s
...he is comforted, and tlwu art tormented; Luke xvi. 25. The wicked man prospers : but, how long ? / have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree : Yet, he passed away ; and, lo, he was not : I sought him ; but he could nut be found ; Ps.... | |
| 1809 - 556 pagina’s
...and sucked abundance of the earth, and spreads juit-e out of its branches every way.. Ver. 36. Ytt he passed away, and lo, he was not: yea', I sought him, but ke could not be found.] And yet, as firm as he seemed to stand, he was gone on a sudden ; he vanished,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 pagina’s
...house of the Lord, thaft \f> dwell in the tents of wickedness. I have seen the wicked in great powerV and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away ; I sought him, but he could not be found. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom Length of days Is.... | |
| Walter Hutchinson Aston - 1811 - 324 pagina’s
...man to vanish, who a moment before seemed, like the cedar, to raise his proud head to the skies. "I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree : yet he passed away, and lo, he was not ; yea, I sought him, but he could not be found."... | |
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