Ecclesiastes 9:13
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great to me:
American King James Version (AKJV)
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great to me:
American Standard Version (ASV)
I have also seen wisdom under the sun on this wise, and it seemed great unto me:
Basic English Translation (BBE)
This again I have seen under the sun as wisdom and it seemed great to me.
Webster's Revision
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed to me great:
World English Bible
I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.
English Revised Version (ERV)
I have also seen wisdom under the sun on this wise, and it seemed great unto me:
Barnes's Ecclesiastes 9:13 Bible Commentary
Or, Also this have I seen - wisdom under the sun, and great it seemed to me.
From this verse to the end of Ecclesiastes 10, the writer inculcates, in a series of proverbs, wisdom in contrast to folly, as the best remedy in the present life to the evil of vanity.
Wesley's Ecclesiastes 9:13 Bible Commentary
9:13 This wisdom - I have observed this among many other instances of wisdom. Which he adds for the commendation of wisdom, notwithstanding its insufficiency for man's happiness without God's blessing.
