- Bible
- Ecclesiastes
- Chapter 9
- Verse 13
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
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Commentary
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Gill's Exposition
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun,.... Or, "this also I have seen under the sun, even wisdom" (h): besides those things he had, just now observed, he took notice that there was such a thing…
Barnes' Notes
Or, Also this have I seen - wisdom under the sun, and great it seemed to me. From this verse to the end of Eccl. 10, the writer inculcates, in a series of proverbs, wisdom in contrast to folly, as the…
Solomon still recommends wisdom to us as necessary to the preserving of our peace and the perfecting of our business, notwithstanding the vanities and crosses which human affairs are subject to. He…
Cambridge Bible
This wisdom have I seen also The Debater points the moral of his previous maxim by a special illustration and it can scarcely be doubted that it was one which his first readers would recognise, though…
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