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Ecclesiastes 9

Eccl. 9:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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This
zoh (Hebrew #2090)
this or that
KJV usage: as well as another, it, this, that, thus and thus.
Pronounce: zo
Origin: for 2088
wisdom
chokmah (Hebrew #2451)
wisdom (in a good sense)
KJV usage: skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
Pronounce: khok-maw'
Origin: from 2449
have I seen
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
also under the sun
shemesh (Hebrew #8121)
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (arch.) a notched battlement
KJV usage: + east side(-ward), sun ((rising)), + west(-ward), window. See also 1053.
Pronounce: sheh'-mesh
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be brilliant
, and it seemed great
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
unto me:

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Ministry on This Verse

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 {v.13-18} But to return to our book. Its author rarely proceeds far along any one line without meeting with that which compels him to return. So here; for he adds, in Eccl. 9:13 to the end of the chapter, “And yet I have seen the very reverse of all this, {v.14} when apparently an inevitable doom, an ‘evil time,’ was hanging over a small community, whose resources were altogether inadequate to meet the crisis―when no way of escape from the impending destruction seemed possible―{v.15} then, at the moment of despair, a ‘poor wise man’ steps to the front (such the quality there is in wisdom), delivers the city, comes forth from his obscurity, shines for a moment, and, lo! the danger past, is again forgotten, and sinks to the silence whence he came. {v.16} But this the incident proved to me, that where strength is vain, there wisdom shows its excellence, even though men as a whole appreciate it so little as to call upon it only as a last resource. {v.17} For let the fools finish their babbling, and their chief get to the end of his talking; then, in the silence that tells the limit of their powers, the quiet voice of wisdom is heard again, and that to effect. {v.18} Thus is wisdom better even than weapons of war, although, sensitive quality that it is, a little folly easily taints it.” (Ecclesiastes 9 by F.C. Jennings)

J. N. Darby Translation

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