Ecclesiastes 9:13

This chochmah have I seen also under the shemesh, and it seemed gedolah (great) unto me:

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12For haAdam also hath no da'as of his et (time, hour); + 9:12 but see Yn 13:1; 8:20; 7:30; 2:4 regarding the Moshiachʼs knowledge of his hour as the dagim that are caught in a metzodah rah (evil net), and as the birds that are trapped in the pach (snare), so are the Bnei HaAdam snared in an et ra'ah (evil time), when it falleth suddenly upon them.

14There was an ir ketanah (little city), and few men within it; and there came a melech gadol against it, and besieged it, and built metzorim gedolim (huge siegeworks) against it.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 6:1There is a ra'ah which I have seen under the shemesh, and it is a great weight upon the adam;

Ecclesiastes 8:16When I applied mine lev to have da'as of chochmah, and to see the business that is done upon ha'aretz, though oneʼs eynayim see sleep neither yom nor lailah,

Daniel 2:14Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Aryoch the captain of the kingʼs guard, which was gone forth to slay the chachamim 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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