 | Alexander Murray (Schoolmaster) - 1815 - 564 pages
...the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed 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; — that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in. — Great... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pages
...you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth ? 22 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 : 23 That... | |
 | Robert Morehead - 1816 - 492 pages
...him " are as nothing, and they are counted " to him less than nothing and vanity. ** It is he that sitteth upon the circle of " the earth, and the inhabitants thereof " are as grasshoppers ; that streicheth " out the heavens as a curtain, and spread" eth them out as a tent to dwell in :... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1817 - 294 pages
...measure, and weighed the mountains in a scale, and the hills in a balance. Isa. xl. 12. 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. Isa.... | |
 | Robert Ainslie - 1818 - 166 pages
...hollow of his hand ; who hath weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance. 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 epreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in ; that... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1818 - 616 pages
...whom all nations are as nothing, and are counted to him lefs than nothing, and vanity ; — whojitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grafskoppers ; who Jlretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, andfpreadeth them out as a tent to dwell... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1818 - 624 pages
...all nations are as. nothing, and are counted to him lefs than nothing, and vanity ; — whojitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grafshoppers ; who Jlretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, andfpreadeth them out as a tent to dwell... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 464 pages
...becomes foolish.' His transcendent eminence above all things is most nobly represented, when he ' sits upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants...are as grasshoppers : all nations before him are as the drop of a bucket, and as the small dust of the balance : he takes up the isles as a very little... | |
 | 610 pages
...with lofty ideas of that Being who " spake and it was done, who commanded, and it stood fast." — "He sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; he stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in." " He is... | |
 | 1819 - 774 pages
...comfort, that, 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 as a drop in the bucket, and the small dust of the balance ;"... | |
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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... 
