If there is a chance of something happening, it is possible that it will happen. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and like birds that are caught in a snare, so. Chance definition and meaning collins english dictionary. Definition of by any chance in the idioms dictionary. The time must be propitious, and give opportunities for the exercise of gifts and abilities.
Theres a slight chance of some sunshine in the west. Jesus acknowledged the principle king solomon had written about some 1,000 years earlier. Chance meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. According to the bible, we are all subject to the randomness of life and the effects of time, regardless of our status, knowledge or skill. Time in this verse means opportunity, and chance suggests occurrence or incident. Do you catch the drift of his sardonic pronouncement. The government has denied that the events ever happened.
What is the difference between do you by any chance. When we say the race is not given to the swift nor the. I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift. Recognizing what we can and cannot control makes a big difference in how we adjust to the problems of living. Do you by any chance know which way this train goes. The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned. Time definition is the measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues. By chance a certain priest was going down that way. But if they do not happen by chance, then it is inappropriate to use those terms. Would you by any chance happen to know where the subway is from here. For time and occurrence happen to them all ecclesiastes 9. As fish are caught in a cruel net, or birds are taken in a snare ecclesiastes 9. As fish are caught in a cruel net, or birds are taken in a snare, so men are trapped by evil times.
The dictionary describes luck as random, when things happen by chance. They make us scratch our heads and wonder, hmmm such events can be relatively minor occurrences or, in some cases, significant events that alter the entire course of our lives. The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favour to the learned. Oh, no, no, no, nono well, its been a long time, long time now since ive seen you smile i wonder if gladys smiles when angels bring my name up or change language and.
The great texts series text again i saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the men of skill. We all have the opportunity to make something of our lives, but eventually, death occurs to us all. Do you happen to have, by any chance, this limited edition piece in stock. Winning a race you have a 90 percent chance to win, just based on the fundamentals, is no great achievement. I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not. Usually, such coincidences seem to have some kind of inherent meaning even if we dont know what it is at the time. What that verse is saying is that nothing happens by our power. Time and chance by bernie parsons christian universe. Every time this coincidence occurs, it freaks me out because i do not understand why this is happening to me. New american standard bible i again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the warriors, and neither is bread to the wise nor wealth to the discerning nor favor to men of ability. Synonyms for happen at with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions.
The gift of time cuts across race, religion, gender, class, and any other categories that humans rely on to establish their place in the world. Time and chance happeneth to them all religion nigeria. Of course, it is not all chance because i made choices that also helped bring it about and sometimes choice and chance can be intertwined. There are many days when that doesnt seem true at all. No matter what happens, hes going to pay for what hes done. The incident of the collapsed tower was in all likelihood a timeandchance accident. Every time i happen to think about someone whether it is someone whom i have not seen for a while or recently, the next minute or second i usually get a telephone call or just happen to see them the next day or sometimes in a few days. However, jesus alluded to those who died as being sinners, and he implied that those in his audience were also sinners who deserved to dieand would, unless.
One is reminded of the fable of the hare and tortoise. Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity. Synchronicity, all coincidences have meaning, chance is an. God does it all, chance meaning fate or all things are determined. Hilton head island, sc january 1, 2011 the chapel without walls ecclesiastes 9. I returned and saw under the sun thatthe race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favor to men of skill.
Happen definition in the cambridge english dictionary. The author of ecclesiastes made a puzzling statement when he wrote that time and chance happen to them all ecclesiastes 9. One great sentence march 1, 2018 i returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, not the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill. Happened definition of happened by the free dictionary. Something interesting is always happening in new york. Happen definition is to occur by chance often used with it. The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to. There are some things we can control and some things we cannot. Uhuh, says the preacher, time and chance happen to them all. Happenchance definition and meaning collins english. Let me know if you should come across a copy of that book by any chance. Just when you think you have something under control, it can all fall apart.
It takes grace to be a winner in any race of life, to be victorious in any battle of life, successful in every other aspect or department of life. But the real bolt strikes at the end, when the meaning of the sentence moves. There is almost no difference, and you can use them interchangeably or together in the same sentence. In the new testament we have sugkuria, coincidence, a meeting apparently accidental, a coincidence. Again i saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, or the battle to the strong, or bread to the wise, or riches to the discerning, or favor to the skillful. Happen definition of happen by the free dictionary. There need to be favorable circumstances as well as the possession and use of the requisite faculties, if success is to be won. It takes grace to be a winner in any race of life,to be victorious in any battle of life, successful in every other aspect or department of life. The 1991 movie, grand canyon, reminds me of the importance of time and chance in my own life.
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