Ecclesiastes 9:13
“¶ This wisedome haue I seene also vnder the Sunne, and it seemed great vnto me:”
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Ecclesiastes 9:13 Context
11¶ I returned, and saw vnder the Sunne, That the race is not to the swift, nor the battell to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of vnderstanding, nor yet fauour to men of skil; but time and chance happeneth to them all. 12For man also knoweth not his time, as the fishes that are taken in an euil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sonnes of men snared in an euill time, when it falleth suddenly vpon them. 13¶ This wisedome haue I seene also vnder the Sunne, and it seemed great vnto me: 14There was a little citie, and few men within it; and there came a great King against it, and besieged it, & built great bulwarks against it: 15Now there was found in it a poore wise man, and hee by his wisedome deliuered the citie; yet no man remembred that same poore man.
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Other Translations for Ecclesiastes 9:13
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it [seemed] great unto me:
- King James Version
Also this I came to see as wisdom under the sun, and it impressed me.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
I have also seen wisdom under the sun on this wise, and it seemed great unto me:
- American Standard Version (1901)
This again I have seen under the sun as wisdom and it seemed great to me.
- Basic English Bible
This also have I seen as wisdom under the sun, and it was great unto me.
- Darby Bible
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed to me great:
- Webster's Bible
I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.
- World English Bible
This also I have seen: wisdom under the sun, and it is great to me.
- Youngs Literal Bible
This also have I seen as wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Ecclesiastes 9:13
9:13 This wisdom - I have observed this among many other instances of wisdom. Which he adds for the commendation of wisdom, notwithstanding its insufficiency for man's happiness without God's blessing.