Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Also this I came to see as wisdom under the sun, and
King James Version
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
Holman Bible
I have observed that this also is wisdom under the sun, and it is significant to me:
International Standard Version
I also observed this example of wisdom on earth, and it seemed important to me:
A Conservative Version
I have also seen wisdom under the sun this way, and it seemed great to me:
American Standard Version
I have also seen wisdom under the sun on this wise, and it seemed great unto me:
Amplified
This [illustration of] wisdom I have also seen under the sun, and great it was to me:
Bible in Basic English
This again I have seen under the sun as wisdom and it seemed great to me.
Darby Translation
This also have I seen as wisdom under the sun, and it was great unto me.
Julia Smith Translation
Also this I saw, the wisdom under the sun, and it was great to me:
King James 2000
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
Lexham Expanded Bible
I have also seen this [example of] wisdom under the sun, and it [seemed] great to me.
Modern King James verseion
This wisdom I have seen also under the sun, and it seemed great to me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
This wisdom have I seen also under the Sun, and me thought it a great thing.
NET Bible
This is what I also observed about wisdom on earth, and it is a great burden to me:
New Heart English Bible
I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.
The Emphasized Bible
Even this, had I seen of wisdom, under the sun, - and, of great import, was the same unto me: -
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
This also I have seen: wisdom under the sun, and it is great to me.
Interlinear
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 9:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Wisdom'Although Vulnerable'Is Superior To Power
12
For man does not know his time. Like fish caught in an evil net, and like birds caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.
13 Also this I came to see as wisdom under the sun, and
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 6:1
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun and it is prevalent among men.
Ecclesiastes 7:15
I have seen all things in the days of my vanity. There is a just man who perished in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolonged his life in his wickedness.
Ecclesiastes 8:16
When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes)
Ecclesiastes 9:11
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift. The battle is not to the strong. Bread does not go to the wise, or riches to men of understanding. Men of skill do not always receive favor, but time and unexpected circumstance happens to them all.