 | John Wesley - 1796 - 666 pages
...fmall duft of the balance, and he taketh up the ifles as a very little thing. Jt is he who fitteth on the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grafshoppcrs ; that ftretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and fpreadeth them out as a tent to dwell... | |
 | Jacques Saurin - 1800 - 304 pages
...drop of a bucket. Behold he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth^ and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers. words, the lofty words of the text, require two JL sorts of observations : the first are necessary... | |
 | 1815 - 436 pages
...though the Almighty is '' the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity;" though "He rideth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers;" though before Him ''the nations are us a drop in the bucket, and the small dust of the balance ;" yet... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 666 pages
...but now mine eye seeth thee^ : I see the eternal, self-existent, self-sufficient God, who sits upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; who spreadcth out the heavens as a tent to dwell in, and looks down on the nations as the drop of... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 676 pages
...but now mine eye seelh thee\ : I see the eternal, self-existent, self-sufficient God, who sits upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; who spreadeth out the heavens as a tent to dwell in, and looks down on the nations as the drop of... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1803 - 422 pages
...the beginning? Have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth ? If is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that atretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, end spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in : that... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...whom then will ye liken God ? or what likeness will ye compare uuto him? It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers -T that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, that spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in : that,... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1806 - 406 pages
...earth in a measure. He iveigheth the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance. He sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers. Behold all nations, are as a drop of a bucket and are counted as the small dust of the balance. All... | |
 | Elizabeth Hamilton - 1806 - 292 pages
...beginning ? " Have ye not understood from the " foundations of the earth ? It is " HE that sitteth upon the circle " of the earth, and the inhabitants " thereof are as grasshoppers ; that "stretcheth out the heavens as a " curtain, ,. and spreadeth them out " as a tent to dwell in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 556 pages
...foolish." His transcendent eminence above all things is most nobly represented, when he " sits upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers : All nations before him are as the drop of a bucket, and as the small dust of the balance : He takes... | |
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It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges... 
