| Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 600 pages
...the Buzite, answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old ; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not show you mine opinion. I said, days should speak,...should teach wisdom. But there is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. Great men are not always wise : neither... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 506 pages
...apology for his silence ; he was afraid of discovering his weakness, 1 and appearing rash and conceited. I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom ; he expected a wise andfi.ll determination of the point from persons of their age and 8 experience.... | |
| Thomas Clarkson - 1806 - 406 pages
...They say, in the first place, that it was the language of the holy men of old. i " I said, says Elihu, days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. But there is a spirit (or the spirit itself is) in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth him understanding." The... | |
| John Millar, John Craig - 1806 - 470 pages
...I am young," says the son of Barachel, " and " ye are very old, wherefore I was afraid, and durst " not show you mine opinion. I said days should " speak, and multitude of years teach wisdom f". When any of the Tartar nations have occasion to elect a khan or leader, they regard... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 384 pages
...Barachel the Buzite, answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not show you mine opinion. I said, days should speak,...should teach wisdom. But there is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. Great men are not always •wise: neither... | |
| Church of Scotland - 1810 - 636 pages
...me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit. 0 Job xxxii. 7. I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. Ver. 9. Great men are not always wise : neither do the aged understand judgment. Eccl. iv. 13. Better... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 462 pages
...Buzite, answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old ; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion. I said, days should speak, and multitude...should teach wisdom. But there is a spirit in man ; and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. Great men are not always wise ; neither... | |
| 1848 - 752 pages
...arrangement. — EDITOR.] In the thirty-second chapter of Job, in the seventh verse, it is thus written : " I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom." This is true in reference to individuals. Man, in his present state, has not the faculty of intuition.... | |
| Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 640 pages
...exhortation. " I am young, and ye^ are very old ; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not' show you my opinion. I 'said, Days should speak, ' and multitude of years should teach wisdom." But the necessities of mankind were urgent, and called loudly for immediate assistance. We have not a day... | |
| 1815 - 614 pages
...said, 1 am young, and ye are very old ; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion. 7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. 8 But there is a spirit in man : and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. 9 Great... | |
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