Ecclesiastes 9:13

I have also seen this wisdom under the sun, and it was great to me:

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.

14There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 6:1There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:

Ecclesiastes 8:16When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night—

Daniel 2:14When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, had gone out to execute the wise men of Babylon, Daniel replied with discretion and tact.

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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