Ecclesiastes 9:13 - Revised Standard Version CI

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ This [illustration of] wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great to me:

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹³ I also observed the following example of wisdom under the sun—it impressed me greatly:

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ This wisdom, likewise, I have seen under the sun, and I have examined it intensely.

Ecclesiastes 9:13 Cross References

2 Samuel 20:22

Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. So he blew the trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, every man to his home. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

Ecclesiastes 6:1

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy upon men:

Ecclesiastes 7:15

In my vain life I have seen everything; there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evil-doing.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom gives strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

When I applied my mind to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on earth, how neither day nor night one's eyes see sleep;

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Again 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 intelligent, nor favor to the men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

For man does not know his time. Like fish which are taken in an evil net, and like birds which are caught in a snare, so the sons of men are snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.

Ecclesiastes 9:14

There was a little city with few men in it; and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it.

Daniel 2:14

Then Daniel replied with prudence and discretion to Ari-och, the captain of the king's guard, who had gone out to slay the wise men of Babylon;