Ecclesiastes 9:13

This I also saw to be wisdom under the sun, 1 And it is great before me: 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12For surely man also knows not his time: 1 As fish that are taken in an evil net, 1 And as birds that are caught in a snare; 1 Even thus the sons of men are snared at an evil time, 1 When it falls suddenly upon them. 1

14Suppose there were a little city, and few men in it; 1 And there should come against it a great king, and surround it, 1 And build great mounds against it; 1

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 6:1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, 1 And it is abundant with man: 1

Ecclesiastes 8:16Whereupon I set my heart to know wisdom, 1 And to perceive the trouble 1 That was wrought upon the earth: 1 For there is that neither by day nor night 1 Sees sleep with his eyes. 1

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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