| Galilee - 1836 - 136 pagina’s
...thereof — the gold and the chrystal cannot equal it — no mention shall be made of coral or pearl, — the price of wisdom is above rubies, the topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it. Whence cometh wisdom, seeing it is hid ? " (Job xxviii.) " Yes," I replied, " it is far off and exceeding... | |
| John Brown Patterson - 1837 - 454 pagina’s
...price thereof. It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir,—with the precious onyx or the sapphire. No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls ;...of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with fine gold." If, then, my brethren, for yourselves you would choose the better part, seek... | |
| Alexander Knox - 1837 - 624 pagina’s
..." It cannot be gotten for gold," says Job, " neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof: no mention shall be made of coral or of pearls, for the price of wisdom is above rubies." " I Wisdom," says Solomon, " dwell with Prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. Counsel... | |
| 1838 - 518 pagina’s
...cannot be gotten for gold ; neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx or...Ethiopia shall not equal it ; neither shall it be valued with pure gold. Whence, then, cometh wisdom ? and where is the place of understanding ? seeing... | |
| 1838 - 272 pagina’s
...day. We will instance .one from the Book of Job, chap, xxviii. v. 17; speaking of wisdom, Job says, "The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the...pearls : for the price of wisdom is above rubies." The readers of Roman history are familiar with the story of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, who, as it is said,... | |
| lady Eliza Dorothea Tuite - 1838 - 338 pagina’s
...cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. " It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or...of fine gold. " No mention shall be made of coral, nor of pearls : for the price of wisdom is above rubies. " Whence then cometh wisdom ? and where is... | |
| 1838 - 274 pagina’s
...day. We will instance one from the Book of Job, chap, xxviii. v. 1 7 ; speaking of wisdom, Job says, " The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the...pearls : for the price of wisdom is above rubies.'^ 3"he readers of Roman history are familiar with the story of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, who, as it... | |
| 1838 - 638 pagina’s
...cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof; it cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx or...sapphire ; the gold and the crystal cannot equal it," (xxviii. 12—17). If Christ be compared with others, " he is," as the church says, " the chiefest... | |
| 1838 - 944 pagina’s
...native innocence. In sacred writing, pearls are frequently named as things of inestimable value. " No mention shall be made of coral or of pearls, for the price of wisdom is above rubies :" and in Matthew,our Saviour said, " The kingdom of heaven is like a merchantman seeking goodly pearls,... | |
| 1838 - 1196 pagina’s
...price thereof16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire. 17 nd to-morrow am I 13 invited unto her also with the king. Yet all s/w// not be for > jewels of fine gold. 18 No mention shall be made of 6 coral, or of pearls : For... | |
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