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Ecclesiastes 9:13

Wisdom

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 favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

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

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

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

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BSB
I have also seen this wisdom under the sun, and it was great to me:
KJV
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
WEB
I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.
ASV
I have also seen wisdom under the sun on this wise, and it seemed great unto me:
DARBY
This also have I seen as wisdom under the sun, and it was great unto me.
BLB
This also I have seen [as] wisdom under the sun, and it [was] great to me:
ÅB
Også i dette så jeg visdom under solen, og stor syntes den meg:
OTB
Jeg så også dette eksempelet på visdom under solen, og det imponerte meg stort:
B1930
Også i dette så jeg visdom under solen, og stor syntes den mig:

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Cross references

  • Ecclesiastes 8:16

    When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)

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  • Ecclesiastes 7:15

    All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.

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  • Ecclesiastes 6:1

    There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

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  • Ecclesiastes 9:11

    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 favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

    Read in context