13This wisdom also I have seen under the sun, and it seemed to me to be very great:


In Context

10 Whatsoever thy hand is able to do, do it earnestly: for neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge shall be in hell, whither thou art hastening.

11 I turned me to another thing, and I saw that under the sun, the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the learned, nor favour to the skilful: but time and chance in all.

12 Man knoweth not his own end: but as fishes are taken with the hook, and as birds are caught with the snare, so men are taken in the evil time, when it shall suddenly come upon them.

13 This wisdom also I have seen under the sun, and it seemed to me to be very great:

14 A little city, and few men in it: there came against it a great king, and invested it, and built bulwarks round about it, and the siege was perfect.

15 Now there was found in it a man poor and wise, and he delivered the city by his wisdom, and no man afterward remembered that poor man.

Ecclesiastes 9:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:13This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it [seemed] great unto me:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:13I also saw under the sun this example of wisdom that greatly impressed me:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:13I have also seen wisdom under the sun on this wise, and it seemed great unto me:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:13This also have I seen as wisdom under the sun, and it was great unto me.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:13I have also seen wisdom under the sun on this wise, and it seemed great unto me:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:13This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed to me great:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:13I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:13This also I have seen: wisdom under the sun, and it is great to me.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:13This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great to me: