Ecclesiastes 9:13
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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.

Lexicon
I have also seen
רָאִ֥יתִי (rā·’î·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

this
זֹ֛ה (zōh)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2090: This, that

wisdom
חָכְמָ֖ה (ḥāḵ·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2451: Wisdom

under
תַּ֣חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

the sun,
הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ (haš·šā·meš)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement

and it
הִ֖יא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

[was] great
וּגְדוֹלָ֥ה (ū·ḡə·ḏō·w·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent

to me:
אֵלָֽי׃ (’ê·lāy)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to


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

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

This I also saw to be wisdom under the sun, and it is great before me:

This also have I seen as wisdom under the sun, and it was great unto me.

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

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

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

This also I have seen: wisdom under the sun, and it is great to me.
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