Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the... The British Essayists: Adventurer - Page 39by Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823Full view - About this book
| Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - Philosophy - 1794 - 480 pages
...to tell the time when, or the manner how this stupendous work was executed : " Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth ? Declare if thou hast understanding." On the subject of the creation, Moses, it is true, says, the terrestrial globe had a beginning ; but... | |
| A. M - 1797 - 358 pages
...present at the creation, that he knows so exactly what can or cannot be? — -" Where wast thou, when I laid the foundations of the earth ? declare if thou...thou knowest ? or who hath stretched the line upon it ? — Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened ? or who laid the corner-stone thereof?" Astronomy... | |
| 1804 - 508 pages
...part I, lib, 3. cap. 3. whirlwind." whirlwind." It is there asked, rt Where was! ftou, when 1 Inid the FOUNDATIONS of the earth? declare if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the treasures thereof, if thou knowest ? or who hath stretched the line upon it? whereupon are the FOUNDATIONS... | |
| British essayists - 1802 - 330 pages
...with a lofty kind of irony, ' Where wast thou, when I laid the foundations of the earth? d»clare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures...thereof fastened, or who laid the cornerstone ? When the morning stars sang together and all the sons of GOD shouted for joy ? Or who shut up the sea with doors,... | |
| 1869
...magnificent 38th chapter of Job, where Christ himself speaks, and demands, — " Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth ? declare, if...thou knowest ? or who hath stretched the line upon it ? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened ? or who laid the corner-stone thereof; when tho morning... | |
| English literature - 1803 - 240 pages
...kind of irony, " Where wast thou, when I laid the founda" tions of the earth ? declare, if thou h-ist understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof,...thereof fastened, or who laid the corner-stone ? When die morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy ? Or who shut up the sea with... | |
| Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Reformed Church - 1803 - 422 pages
...Gird up now thy loins like a man i for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding, ch. xxvi. 7- 11. 14. Who hath laid the measures thereof? who hath stretched the line upon it ? whereupon... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 504 pages
...understanding ; -were you firesent when the foundation» 5 of the earth were laid ? how was il done ? Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest ? or who hath stretched the 6 line upon it ? who formed it -with so much exactness ? Whereup. on are the foundations thereof fastened... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 506 pages
...alluding to Jot's 4 *o often desiring that he might argue the matter with God. Where •wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth ? declare, if thou hast understanding ; were you present when the foundation* 5 of the earth were laid ? how was it done ? Who Jiath laid... | |
| 1807 - 570 pages
...now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. 4 ^ \Vhere wast tliou when I laid the foundations of the earth ? declare, if thou hast understanding. 5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or. who hath stretched the line upon it ? (;... | |
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