Chuándàoshū 9:13

13 Wǒ jiàn rì guāng zhī xià yǒu yíyàng zhìhuì , jū wǒ kàn nǎi shì guǎngdà ,

Chuándàoshū 9:13 Meaning and Commentary

Ecclesiastes 9:13

This wisdom have I seen also under the sun
Or, "this also I have seen under the sun, even wisdom" ^F8: besides those things he had, just now observed, he took notice that there was such a thing as wisdom among men; though success did not always attend the wise, the understanding, and skilful; and though there was so much ignorance in men, of their own time, and were so easily and suddenly ensnared in an evil time; and it [seemed] great unto me;
Solomon had a high value for wisdom, and he still retained the same sentiments of it he had before, in ( Ecclesiastes 2:13 ) ( Ecclesiastes 7:11 Ecclesiastes 7:12 Ecclesiastes 7:19 ) , of which he gives the following instance.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 (vmvh txt hmkx ytyar hz Mg) "Hoc etiam vidi sub sole, nempe sapientiam", Tigurine version; "etiam hoc vidi, sapientiam sub sole", Cocceius; "etiam hoc vidi, videlicet, sapientiam sub sole", Gejerus.

Chuándàoshū 9:13 In-Context

11 Wǒ yòu zhuǎn niàn , jiàn rì guāng zhī xià , kuaì pǎo de wèi bì néng yíng , lì zhàn de wèi bì déshèng , zhìhuì de wèi bì dé liángshi , míng zhé de wèi bì dé zī cái , língqiǎo de wèi bì dé xǐyuè . suǒ líndào zhòngrén de , shì zaìhu dāngshí de jīhuì .

12 Yuánlái rén yĕ bù zhīdào zìjǐ de déng qī . yú beì è wǎng juān zhù , niǎo beì wǎngluó zhuō zhù , huòhuàn hūrán líndào de shíhou , shìrén xiàn zaì qízhōng , yĕ shì rúcǐ .

13 Wǒ jiàn rì guāng zhī xià yǒu yíyàng zhìhuì , jū wǒ kàn nǎi shì guǎngdà ,

14 Jiù shì yǒu yī xiǎo chéng , qízhōng de rén shǔ xīshǎo , yǒu dà jūnwáng lái gōngjī , xiū zhú yíng lĕi , jiāng chéng wéi kùn .

15 Chéng zhōng yǒu yī ge pínqióng de zhìhuì rén , tā yòng zhìhuì jiù le nà chéng , què méiyǒu rén jìniàn nà qióngrén .