Ecclesiastes 9:13
Good News Translation
There is something else I saw, a good example of how wisdom is regarded in this world.

New Revised Standard Version
I have also seen this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me.

Contemporary English Version
Once I saw what people really think of wisdom, and it made an impression on me.

New American Bible
On the other hand I saw this wise deed under the sun, which I thought magnificent.

Douay-Rheims Bible
This wisdom also I have seen under the sun, and it seemed to me to be very great:

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

Ecclesiastes 9:13 This wisdom also I have seen under the sun, and it seemed to me to be very great:

Ecclesiastes 6:1 There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and that frequent among men:

Ecclesiastes 7:15 These things also I saw in the days of my vanity: A just man perisheth in his justice, and a wicked man liveth a long time in his wickedness.

Ecclesiastes 8:16 And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to understand the distraction that is upon earth: for there are some that day and night take no sleep with their eyes.

Context
Wisdom is Better than Strength
13This wisdom also I have seen under the sun, and it seemed to me to be very great:14A little city, and few men in it: there came against it a great king, and invested it, and built bulwarks round about it, and the siege was perfect.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 20:22
So she went to all the people, and spoke to them wisely: and they cut off the head of Seba the son of Bochri, and cast it out to Joab. And he sounded the trumpet, and they departed from the city, every one to their home: and Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

Ecclesiastes 7:19
Wisdom hath strengthened the wise more than ten princes of the city.

Ecclesiastes 9:12
Man knoweth not his own end: but as fishes are taken with the hook, and as birds are caught with the snare, so men are taken in the evil time, when it shall suddenly come upon them.

Ecclesiastes 9:14
A little city, and few men in it: there came against it a great king, and invested it, and built bulwarks round about it, and the siege was perfect.

Ecclesiastes 9:12
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