Ecclesiastes 9:13 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:”
Ecclesiastes 9:13 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 9:13 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 9:13 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.”
Ecclesiastes 9:13 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 9:13 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“I have also seen wisdom under the sun on this wise, and it seemed great unto me: ”
Ecclesiastes 9:13 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 9:13 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“This also I have seen: wisdom under the sun, and it is great to me.”
Ecclesiastes 9:13 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 9:13 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“This also have I seen as wisdom under the sun, and it was great unto me. ”
Ecclesiastes 9:13 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 9:13 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“I haue also seene this wisedome vnder the sunne, and it is great vnto me.”
Ecclesiastes 9:13 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 9:13 in Context — 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.
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.
13 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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What Does Ecclesiastes 9:13 Mean?
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