Ecclesiastes 9:13
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
KJV
Hanc quoque sub sole vidi sapientiam, et probavi maximam :
Vulgate
Καί γε τοῦτο ἴδον σοφίαν ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον, καὶ μεγάλη ἐστὶν πρὸς μέ.
LXX
I have also seen wisdom under the sun on this wise, and it seemed great unto me:
ASV
גַּם זֹ֛ה רָאִ֥יתִי חָכְמָ֖ה תַּ֣חַת הַ/שָּׁ֑מֶשׁ וּ/גְדוֹלָ֥ה הִ֖יא אֵלָֽ/י
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
גָּד֖וֹל
gdvl
verb · 528×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
ו
v
noun · 505×
זֹ֣ה
zh
pronoun · 12×
חָכְמָ֑ה
chkmh
noun · 148×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
שָּֽׁמֶשׁ
shmsh
noun · 132×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 6:1 — There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
- Eccl 7:15 — All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
- Eccl 7:19 — Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
- Eccl 8:16 — When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
- Prov 21:22 — A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.