 | Assembly of divines confess. and catech, Church of Scotland - 1773 - 570 sider
...him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and (hewed to him the way of underlhmdmg? v. 15. Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted II. The firil covenant made with man was a covenant of works ¿, wherein life was promifed to Adam,... | |
 | James Hervey - 1777 - 628 sider
...his Works ; we muft neceffarily form vety fcanty Conceptions of that SUPREME .BEING, before whom all Nations are as a " Drop of a Bucket, " and are counted as thefmall Duft of the Balance." (if I maybe allowed the Exprcffion), and with an Evangelical Microfcope.... | |
 | 1784 - 522 sider
...Sun,—wt>ofet all the borders of the. earth, -who madefummer and winter ; before whom the nations are as the drop of a bucket, and are counted as the fmall duft of the ballanee ; who holdeth the fea in the palm of his hand ; and taketh up the iJJes as a very little thing... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1791 - 558 sider
...a balance. HeMoucheth the mountains, and they " frnoke; he looks upon the earth, and it trembleth. Behold, the nations " are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the fmall duft of the " earth. Behold, he takes up the ifles as a very little thing. All na" tions are before him as nothing,... | |
 | 1793 - 310 sider
...of this Jehovah of the illiterate Jews ! before whom, to ufe this poet's own word*, all ether Gods are " as a drop of a bucket, and are counted " as the fmall duft of the balance." Had I been acquainted with this wonderful volume, while I was writing my treatife on the Pathetic,... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1794 - 356 sider
...counfel, and who inftru&ed him, and taught " him knowledge, and fhewed him the way of un" derftanding ? Behold, the nations are as a drop " of a bucket, and are counted as the fin all duft " of the balance : behold, h: taketh up the ifles as " a very little thing. All nations... | |
 | John Wesley - 1792 - 728 sider
...u'ho fet all the borders of the earth, who madefummer and winter, be/ore whom; the nation) are as the drop of a bucket, and are counted as the fmall duft of the balance, who holdeth thefeain the palm efhif hand, and taheth up the i/lts as a very little thing : — Do you... | |
 | Ebenezer Erskine - 1798 - 630 sider
...an inconfiderable creature before God: If. xl. 15 — 17. " Behold the nations are before him but " as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the fmall duft of the balance : behold, he takah up the ides as a very little thing. — All nations before him are as nothing., and they are... | |
 | Jacques Saurin - 1800 - 308 sider
...sitteth upon the circle of the earth; and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers. Ethold 'all nations, are as a drop of a bucket and are counted as the srnali dust of the balance'. 'All before him are as nothing, and the$ are counted to hi)n IKSS than... | |
 | Thomas Halyburton - 1801 - 382 sider
...lofty one that inhabits eternity, he who is the great God, and a great King, above all the earth : behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and...fmall duft of the balance: behold, he taketh up the ides as a •very little thing ; and Lebanon is not fufEcient to burn, nor nor the beafts thereof fufficient... | |
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Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. 
