 | Ivan Alekseevich Bunin - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 410 pages
...on the mystery of God. He writes: "The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, more bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all" (9:11). Crying "vanity of vanities!" the author... | |
 | Catholic Biblical Association of America - Family & Relationships - 2001 - 228 pages
...life like a shadow?” (6:12) There is another comment about time by Qoheleth on the role of chance: Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to...wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the skillful; but time and chance happen to them all. For no one can anticipate the time of disaster. Like... | |
 | Christine O'Keeffe Lafser - Family & Relationships - 2010 - 435 pages
...accident. It was nobody's fault. It just happened, and my beautiful little girl is gone. Again I sow that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor...bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor fovor to the skillful; but time and chance happen to them all ECCLESIASTES 9:11 49 —~ ow quickly... | |
 | Daniel L. Smith-Christopher - Religion - 2002 - 228 pages
...transcript." It is perhaps in this context that we should read the "subcultural observations" of Eccl 9:11-12: "Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, 25. McKane, Proverbs, OIL (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1970) 118. 26.... | |
 | Stanley Ned Rosenbaum - History - 2002 - 366 pages
...he is responsive to their actions. Individual voices such as Ecclesiastes' "the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise . . . but time and chance happen to them all" (Eccl. 9:11 NRSV) might occasionally be raised, but the... | |
 | Stanley Ned Rosenbaum - History - 2002 - 366 pages
...he is responsive to their actions. Individual voices such as Ecclesiastes' "the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise . . . but time and chance happen to them all" (Eccl. 9:11 NRSV) might occasionally be raised, but the... | |
 | James H. Austin - Self-Help - 2003 - 278 pages
...reminder of what illness is and of how lucky we are to be healthy. 12 Overview: What Next? So What? Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to...wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all. Ecclesiastes9.11 Time and chance have a way of... | |
 | E. Ray Canterbery - Business & Economics - 2003 - 314 pages
...sins. As the Old Testament itself cautions, virtue is not always rewarded: "... the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise nor riches to men of understanding, nor fortune to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all." And... | |
 | S. A. Nigosian - History - 2004 - 294 pages
...of being intelligent or wise, but purely the outcome of time and chance, to which all are subject. "Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to...wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the man of skill; but rime and chance happen to them all" (Eccl. 9:11). Anyone who craves wealth will never... | |
 | S. A. Nigosian - History - 2004 - 296 pages
...of being intelligent or wise, but purely the outcome of time and chance, to which all are subject. "Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to...wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the man of skill; but time and chance happen to them all" (Eccl. 9:11). Anyone who craves wealth will never... | |
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