Trouvé 842 Résultats pour: Earth
and fell face to earth; then, as the trumpet’s note gave the summons, raised their cries to heaven. (1 Maccabees 4, 40)
Thereupon all the people fell down face to earth, to adore and praise, high as heaven, the author of their felicity; (1 Maccabees 4, 55)
till he could creep in between the very feet of the elephant; crouched there, and dispatched it, and so, crushed by its fall to earth, died where he lay. (1 Maccabees 6, 46)
Came peoples from far away, kings from the furthest corners of earth, to offer battle, they were overwhelmed and signally defeated; those nearer at hand were content to pay yearly tribute. (1 Maccabees 8, 4)
and Judas’ men, they raised a great cry on their own part, till the earth rang again with the noise of the two armies. Thus begun, the battle went on from morning till dusk. (1 Maccabees 9, 13)
What marvel if Jonathan tore his garments about him, and strewed earth on his head, and betook himself to prayer? (1 Maccabees 11, 71)
their chieftain, their champion gone, now was the time to fall upon them, and rid earth of their memory. (1 Maccabees 12, 54)
then, divinely, the secret shall be made manifest. Then once again the Lord’s majesty shall be seen, and the cloud that enshrines it; the same vision that was granted to Moses, and to Solomon when he prayed that the great God would have his temple on earth; (2 Maccabees 2, 8)
When they had wounded some of his retinue, and felled others to earth, the rest took to their heels; and there, close beside the treasury, this robber of the temple was done to death. (2 Maccabees 4, 42)
and now, my son, this boon grant me. Look round at heaven and earth and all they contain; bethink thee that of all this, and mankind too, God made out of nothing. (2 Maccabees 7, 28)
But thou, miserable wretch, viler on earth is none, wouldst thou vent thy rage on those worshippers of his, and flatter thyself with vain hopes none the less? (2 Maccabees 7, 34)
What a living proof was this of God’s power, when he was struck to earth, and must finish his journey by litter, one that boasted, till now, he could rise beyond man’s measure, the sea’s waves govern, and weigh mountains in the balance! (2 Maccabees 9, 8)
