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


In Context

10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

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 favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.

12 For man also doesn't know his time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.

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

14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.

15 Now a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

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 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: