| Jared Sparks, Francis William Pitt Greenwood - 1822 - 366 Seiten
...not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man wasteth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is her" Such are the striking emblems of human... | |
| Luke Booker - 1822 - 192 Seiten
...thereof will not cease. Though its root wax old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground, yet, through the scent of water, it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant; but man dieth and wasteth away: Man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ?" * These melancholy reflections... | |
| Charles Bradley - 1822 - 340 Seiten
...it. " There is hope of a tree if it be cut down, and the root thereof wax old in the earth, yet by the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant," Job xiv. 8. This poor declining soul, though it sit thus sad at the gates of hell, may rouse up itselfat... | |
| George Stanley Faber - 1823 - 468 Seiten
...cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet, through the scent of 'water •; it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost ; and where is he 1 As the waters fall from the... | |
| 1864 - 346 Seiten
...cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground ; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. " But man dieth, and wasteth away ; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ? " If a man die, shall he... | |
| Joseph Caryl - 1824 - 282 Seiten
...total death ; so the root of a tree dying in this sense buds and brings forth, as, " Verse 9. ' Yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant.' " This is an elegant metaphor, as if a tree smollcd the water as soon as it came near ; give it water... | |
| Joseph Benson - 1824 - 216 Seiten
...of moisture from the earth, and rain ; scent or smell being here figuratively ascribed to a tree ; " it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man," though of so much nobler nature, " dieth, and wasteth away ; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where... | |
| John Flavel - 1824 - 416 Seiten
...— " there is hope of a tree if it be cut down, and the root thereof wax old in the earth, yet by the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like ,1 plant." Job xiv. 8, 9. This poor declining soul, as sad as it sits stthe gi'tes of bell, m;iy rouse... | |
| Timothy East - 1825 - 390 Seiten
...cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground ; Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth, and wasteth away ; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ? If a man die shall he live... | |
| Thomas Belsham - 1826 - 508 Seiten
...not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant." Yet, even in these cases the analogy is incomplete : for if the vegetable life be destroyed, the plant... | |
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