Ecclesiastes 9:13

This again I have seen under the sun as wisdom and it seemed great to me.

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In The King James Version

This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:

In Context

12Even man has no knowledge of his time; like fishes taken in an evil net, or like birds taken by deceit, are the sons of men taken in an evil time when it comes suddenly on them.

14There was a little town and the number of its men was small, and there came a great king against it and made an attack on it, building works of war round about it.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 6:1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is hard on men;

Ecclesiastes 8:16When I gave my mind to the knowledge of wisdom and to seeing the business which is done on the earth (and there are those whose eyes see not sleep by day or by night),

Daniel 2:14Then Daniel gave an answer with wisdom and good sense to Arioch, the captain of the king's armed men, who had gone out to put to death the wise men of Babylon;

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 9:12-13

The Disappointment of Hopes. 11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor 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; but time and chance happeneth to them all. 12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them. The preacher here, for a… Read the whole commentary →

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