Ecclesiastes 9:13

Also in this manner have I seen wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12For man also knoweth not his time, like the fishes that are caught in an evil net, and like the birds that are caught in the snare: like these are the sons of men ensnared at an evil time, when it falleth upon them suddenly.

14There was a little city, and the men therein were few; and there came against it a great king, who enclosed it, and built around it great works of siege;

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Cross References

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

Ecclesiastes 8:16When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the employment that is done upon the earth, how even neither by day nor by night sleep is seen in the eyes of some men:

Daniel 2:14Then made Daniel representations with intelligence and prudence to Aryoch the captain of the king's guard, who was gone forth to slay 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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