Go
Articles on

Ecclesiastes 9

Ec. 9:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

+
13
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:

More on:

+
Sun

Cross References

+

Ministry on This Verse

+
Ec. 9:11• 11Tornéme, y vi debajo del sol, que ni es de los ligeros la carrera, ni la guerra de los fuertes, ni aun de los sabios el pan, ni de los prudentes las riquezas, ni de los elocuentes el favor; sino que tiempo y ocasión acontece á todos. (Ec. 9:11)
;
Ec. 6:1• 1Hay un mal que he visto debajo del cielo, y muy común entre los hombres: (Ec. 6:1)
;
Ec. 7:15• 15Todo esto he visto en los días de mi vanidad. Justo hay que perece por su justicia, y hay impío que por su maldad alarga sus días. (Ec. 7:15)
;
Ec. 8:16• 16Yo pues dí mi corazón á conocer sabiduría, y á ver la faena que se hace sobre la tierra; (porque hay quien ni de noche ni de día ve sueño en su ojos;) (Ec. 8:16)
• {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

+
13
This also have I seen as wisdom under the sun, and it was great unto me.