Ecclesiastes 9:13

Even this, had I seen of wisdom, under the sun,—and, of great import, was the same unto me:—

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12For, indeed, man could not know his own time, like fishes which were caught in a cruel net, and like little birds which were caught in a trap,—like them, were ensnared the sons of men, by a time of misfortune, when it fell upon them suddenly.

14A little city, and men therein few,—and there came against it a great king, and surrounded it, and built against it large siege-works;

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 6:1Here was an evil, I had seen under the sun,—and it is, common, among men:

Ecclesiastes 8:16When I gave my heart, to know wisdom, and to consider the business that was done upon the earth, then surely, by day and by night, there was one who suffered not his eyes, to sleep.

Daniel 2:14Immediately, Daniel, made answer with prudence and discretion, to Arioch, chief of the executioners of the king,—who had come 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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