 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will 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...  Short Discourses to be Read in Families - Page 371by William Jay - 1833 - 493 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Smith Webb - 1808 - 348 pages
...bounds that he cannot pass ; turn from him that he may rest, till he shall accomplish his day. For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it...and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. But man dieth and vvasteth away ; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ? As the waters fail... | |
 | George Buist - 1809 - 422 pages
...sprout again, and arise to new life under the same form. In the beautiful and poetical language of Job, "There " is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that...root " thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock VOL. i» cc " thereof die in the ground : yet through the " scent of water it will bud, and bring forth... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 796 pages
...eternity away. Admirable is that of Job, chap. 14. " Man cometh forth as a flower, and is cut down. — There is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it...sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will tut cease: — But man dicth, and wa-teth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ? He... | |
 | William Warburton - 1811 - 504 pages
...this Book.again : " There is, hope of a tree, if it be cut down, : " that it will sprout again — though the root thereof " wax old in the earth, and...and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man " dieth and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the " ghost, and where is he ? As the waters fall from the " sea,... | |
 | William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 500 pages
...- again: again : " There is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, • " that it will sprout again — though the root thereof " wax old in the earth, and...and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man " dieth and wasteth away : yea, man giveth up the " ghost, and where is he r As the waters fall from the "... | |
 | James Patriot Wilson - 1812 - 288 pages
...cannot pass: 6 Turn from him that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. 7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it...and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. 8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground: 9 Yet through... | |
 | 1813 - 442 pages
...beaaty's bm1, Relivco not for any good. 1 Man cometh up (says Job) like a flower, and is cut down. There is hope of a tree if it be cut' down, that it...and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. But man dieth and wasteth away ; yea, man giveth tip the ghost, and where is he ? he lieth down, and... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1813 - 466 pages
...cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : he flicth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 7- For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it...and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. 8. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground : 9. Yet through... | |
 | Sir Charles Abraham Elton - 1814 - 566 pages
...there is a passage very similar to this of Moschus, though exceeding it in sublimity. Chap. xiv. *' There is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it...and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth, and wasteth away : yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? As the waters fail from the sea,... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1848 - 494 pages
...view of the passage is rendered further probable by the use of nearly the same words in Job, — ' For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it...and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth, and wasteth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ?'" When two emblematic meanings are... | |
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