Ecclesiastes 9:13

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ecclesiastes 9:13

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Berean Standard Bible

I have also seen this wisdom under the sun, and it was great to me:

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ecclesiastes 9

¹¹ I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.

¹² For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.

¹³ I have also seen this wisdom under the sun, and it was great to me:

¹⁴ There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.

¹⁵ Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

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