perplexities

He must not expect that what had been said to him would be fully understood till it was accomplished: The words are closed up and sealed, are involved in perplexities, and are likely to be so, till the time of the end, till the end of these things; nay, till the end of all things.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

But what Hirsh doesn't say is that, given the ambiguities and perplexities of predicting human economic behavior, the game could as easily have swung the other way - and did for a very long time.

Robert Teitelman: Michael Hirsh's "Capital Offense" Robert Teitelman 2010

The Silva tribe, however, stanchly defended him, fighting more than one pitched battle for his honor, and black eyes and bloody noses became quite the order of the day and added to Maria's perplexities and troubles.

Chapter 39 2010

Perhaps, when you have read all that I shall write, you will have received answers to the perplexities I have propounded to you, and that you yourself, ere you came to read me, propounded to yourself.

Chapter 1 2010

But what Hirsh doesn't say is that, given the ambiguities and perplexities of predicting human economic behavior, the game could as easily have swung the other way - and did for a very long time.

Robert Teitelman: Michael Hirsh's "Capital Offense" Robert Teitelman 2010

But what Hirsh doesn't say is that, given the ambiguities and perplexities of predicting human economic behavior, the game could as easily have swung the other way - and did for a very long time.

Robert Teitelman: Michael Hirsh's "Capital Offense" Robert Teitelman 2010

I thought about what it might be like living some place other than New York City where life might be less complicated, or perhaps complicated by different perplexities and at a slower pace.

Green Ties and Red Cats 2010

To be builders of this righteous house means that we move beyond the afflictions, perplexities, persecutions, and violence of today.

Emilie Townes: A House Built on the Rocks of Righteousness 2010

To be builders of this righteous house means that we move beyond the afflictions, perplexities, persecutions, and violence of today.

Emilie Townes: A House Built on the Rocks of Righteousness 2010

I thought about what it might be like living some place other than New York City where life might be less complicated, or perhaps complicated by different perplexities and at a slower pace.

Stephanie Gertler: Green Ties and Red Cats 2010