Ecclesiastes 9:13

This also have I seen; even wisdom under the sun, 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

12For man knoweth not his time. As fishes that are taken in a destructive net, and as birds that are caught in a snare, so are the sons of men snared in a time of distress, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

14There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.

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Cross References

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

Ecclesiastes 8:16When I applied my mind to know wisdom, and to see the business which is done upon the earth,—that one seeth no sleep with his eyes by day or by night,—

Daniel 2:14Then Daniel answered with understanding and wisdom to Arioch, 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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