Or in some walled orchard nook She communes with her ancient book, Beneath the branches laden low; While the high sun o'er bosom'd snow Smiteth all day the long hill-side With ripening cornfields waving wide.
Ye, graceful as your watery names And idle as the mimic flames That skip upon his briny floor, 370 When the hot sunsmiteth thereo'er; Why did ye leave your native waves?
To honour patience serveth Her God, and never more From love and fealty swerveth; Although He smiteth sore, Yet doth she ever praise His holy hand, and telleth That God on high who dwelleth, Doth well in all his ways.
So God's heart towards me moveth, All my sins forgiveth He, Not in vengeance smiteth me, As a Father He reproveth.
But righteousness he loves wherever he finds it, though it be in him that smiteth him (Psa 141:5).
Christ, in the book of the Revelation, sets him that keeps the commandments of God a great way off from him that taketh and smiteth with the sword: "He that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword.
And then one of the hunters cometh to him and beateth and smiteth him, and pricketh him full sore.
For when the children be haught, and begin to wax hoar, they smite the father and the mother in the face, wherefore the mother smiteth them again and slayeth them.
Also sometimes the blind beateth and smiteth and grieveth the child that leadeth him, and shall soon repent the beating by doing of the child.
And the third day, the mother smiteth herself in her side, that the blood runneth out, and sheddeth that hot blood on the bodies of her children.
And when they have brought it thither, the chief prelate smiteth off the head, and layeth it upon a great platter of gold and of silver, if so [he] be a rich man.
And then he smiteth himself and maketh great wounds and deep, here and there, till he fall down dead.
This river cometh, running from Paradise terrestrial, between the deserts of Ind, and after it smiteth unto land, and runneth long time many great countries under earth.
And when they have eaten, the monk smiteth eftsoons on the garden gate with the clicket, and then anon all the beasts return again to their places that they come from.
He that smiteth a man so that he die, he shall surely be put to death.
But these which existed not in conformation are called vibrating flames and sparks, like as when the worker in stone striketh sparks from the flint with his hammer, or as when the smith smiteth the iron and dasheth forth sparks on every side.
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
And see, said they all, how many knights he smiteth down with his sword, and of how many knights he rashed off their helms and their shields; and so he beat them all of Orkney afore him.
O Jesu, said the people, see how Sir Tristram smiteth down with his spear so many knights.
And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain.
And David said, Whosoever smiteththe Jebusites first shall be chief and captain.
He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.
He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
Come and let us return unto the Lord, for He hath torn and He healeth us, He smiteth and He bindeth us up.
A star goeth out of Jacob, and a sceptre riseth out of Israel, and smiteth the borders of Moab, and destroyeth all the sons of the tumult.
He teareth and He healeth us; He smiteth and He bindeth up;" vi.
See, said the people, how Sir Tristram smiteth down with his spear so many knights.
And see, said they all, how many knights he smiteth down with his sword, and of how many knights he rashed off their helms and their shields.
And the Lord destroys the tongue of the Sea of Egypt, and waves His hand over the River with the violence of His wind, and smiteth it into seven streams, that one may go through in shoes.
As kings strike with the sceptre, so He smiteth with His mouth.
Christ smiteththe earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He slayeth the wicked.
And He judgeth in righteousness the lowly, and doeth justice in equity to the meek of the earth, and smiteth the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He slayeth the wicked.
And the Lord smiteth the Egyptians so that He healeth them, and they are converted to the Lord, and He shall be entreated by them, and shall heal them.
Servant of God likewise appears as being borne by omnipotence: "He smiteth the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He slayeth the wicked.
Verse 15, "He that smiteth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
Verse 15, "He then smiteth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
This cry of thine shall do as doth the wind, Which smiteth most the most exalted summits, And that is no slight argument of honour.
The sword above here smiteth not in haste Nor tardily, howe'er it seem to him Who fearing or desiring waits for it.
The Quakers say it is; "Unto him that smiteth thee on one cheek, offer him also the other[648].
Unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other.
His likeness is as the likeness of a rock whereon is dust of earth; a rainstorm smiteth it, leaving it smooth and bare.
He launcheth the thunderbolts andsmiteth with them whom He will while they dispute (in doubt) concerning Allah, and He is mighty in wrath.
P: The likeness of that which they spend in this life of the world is as the likeness of a biting, icy wind which smiteth the harvest of a people who have wronged themselves, and devastateth it.
Here the Nile-god smiteth the ground with his sandals, and here he draweth the bolts and throweth open the two doors through which the water poureth forth.
He beateth down opposition, he smiteth arms helpless, his enemies cannot be made to resist him.
He divideth the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
To for he maketh his sun to rise | him that smiteththee on the on the evil and the good, and | one cheek offer also the sendeth rain on the just and | other; and from him that taketh the unjust.
The lion cometh toward him, jaws yawning, and claws bared, thinking to fix them in his habergeon, but Lancelot preventeth him and smiteth him so stoutly that he cutteth off thigh and leg together.
He setteth his spear in rest and smiteth one of King Arthur's knights through the body and beareth him down dead.
The King smiteth his horse with his spurs as hard as he may, and meeteth the knight with his spear and the knight him.
Perceval hurleth into the assembly in such sort that many a knight he smiteth down and overthroweth at his coming, and he giveth so many blows and so many receiveth that all they that behold marvel much how he may abide.
He left Messire Gawain, and the King smitethhim with such a sweep that he cutteth off his arm, spear and all.
Lancelot smiteth him such a sweep amidst the breast, that he thrusteth his spear right through his shoulder, and pinneth him so strongly that the shaft is all to-brast, and the end thereof remaineth in his body.
He goeth toward the knight without more words, and smiteth him so passing strong amidst the breast that he pierceth the habergeon and thrusteth all the iron of his spear into his body and afterward draweth it back to him with a great wrench.
Howbeit, Perceval setteth on him again that loved him not in his heart, and smiteth him again above on the head, and dealeth him such a buffet as maketh his brains be all to-scattered abroad.
He alighteth over him, unlaceth his ventail and smitethdown his coif, then striketh off his head and presenteth it to Perceval.
She smiteth her mule with her whip, and cometh thitherward and alighteth.
Lancelot hath caught one at his coming, and smitethhim with his spear through the body, and Meliot of Logres slayeth another.
Each of the twain smiteth his own so wrathfully that they thrust their spears right through their bodies and bear them to the ground dead.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "smiteth" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
