Ecclesiastes 9:13

I have also seen wisdom under the sun in a way that seemed great to me.

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

In Context

12Surely, no one knows when his time will come. 2 As fish are caught in a deadly net, 2 or birds are caught in a snare, 1 the children of human beings are ensnared by evil times 2 that suddenly fall upon them.

14There was a small city with only a few men in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it and built great siege ramps against it.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 6:1There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavy on men.

Ecclesiastes 8:16When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to understand the work that is done on the earth, work often done without sleep for the eyes at night or in the day,

Daniel 2:14Then Daniel replied with prudence and discretion to Arioch the commander of the king's bodyguard, who had come to kill all those in Babylon who were known for their wisdom.

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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