 | Richard Lucas - 1699 - 364 sider
...Covetoufnefs blafts or obftru&s the enjoyment of 'em, Ecclef. $. 1-$. There is a fore Evil which I have feen under the Sun, namely, Riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt ; this he remarks concerning fuch who acted by a fenfelefs Ambition, refolved by any ways to raife... | |
 | Peter Brett - 1748 - 260 sider
...with Silver i. nor he that loveth Abundance, with Increafe. There is a fore Evil which I have feen under the Sun, namely, Riches kept for the Owners thereof to their Hurt*. But thofe Riches perifh by evil Travel : and he begettcth a Son, and there is nothing in his Hand. As he... | |
 | Thomas Sherlock - 1759 - 444 sider
...other Times he obferved Riches that had no Bleffing in them, There is afore Evil which 1 have feen under the Sun, namely, Riches kept for the Owners thereof to their Hurt. From this Obfervation J think all Difputes about Riches may be reconciled : Where they are ill got,... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 sider
...himself is served by the field. The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men : a man to whom God hath given... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 sider
...brings cares which counterbalance the satisfaction it affords, and which 13 often prevent his repose. There is a sore evil [which] I have seen under the...[namely,] riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt ; the rich are sometimes marked out as objects of oppression and ruin in arbitrary countries, and anxiety... | |
 | James Fisher - 1806 - 352 sider
...bereave my soul of good ? This " is also vanity ; yea, it is a sore travail," saith the wise man. And " there is a sore " evil which I have seen under the...riches kept for the owners thereof " to their hurt." And " there is an evil " which I have seen under the sun, and it is ** common among men : a man to... | |
 | 1807 - 570 sider
...sweet, whether he eat little or much : but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. 13 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun,...riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. 14 But those riches perish by evil travail : and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 550 sider
...Covetous man abounds with bags, and no less with sorrows ; verifying the experience of wise Solomon : There is a sore evil, which I have seen under the sun, riches kept for the owners thereof, to their hurt; Eccl. v. 13. What he hath got with unjustice, he... | |
 | 1809 - 556 sider
...his crudities prepares matter for many diseases. See Annot. [1] Ver. 13. There is a sore evil whieb I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their bvrt .] And, besides all this, there is another thing which is very calamitous, and may rather be called... | |
 | Edward Reynolds - 1811 - 434 sider
...and this is a great vexation, for sound sleep is a divine blessing, Ps. cxxvii. 2; Prov. iii. 24. 13. There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun,...riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. An evil that occasions sickness, a very grievous and bitter evil, ch. iv. 2. — " Riches kept for... | |
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There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. 
