13I also saw under the sun this example of wisdom that greatly impressed me:
13I also saw under the sun this example of wisdom that greatly impressed me:
10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the grave, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.
11 I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.
12 Moreover, no man knows when his hour will come: As fish are caught in a cruel net, or birds are taken in a snare, so men are trapped by evil times that fall unexpectedly upon them.
13 I also saw under the sun this example of wisdom that greatly impressed me:
14 There was once a small city with only a few people in it. And a powerful king came against it, surrounded it and built huge siegeworks against it.
15 Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man.
9:13This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it [seemed] great unto me:
9:13This wisdom also I have seen under the sun, and it seemed to me to be very great:
9:13I have also seen wisdom under the sun on this wise, and it seemed great unto me:
9:13This also have I seen as wisdom under the sun, and it was great unto me.
9:13I have also seen wisdom under the sun on this wise, and it seemed great unto me:
9:13This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed to me great:
9:13I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.
9:13This also I have seen: wisdom under the sun, and it is great to me.
9:13This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great to me: