Ecclesiastes 9:13

Wisdom'Although Vulnerable'Is Superior To Power

¹² For, indeed, man could not know his own time, like fishes which were caught in a cruel net, and like little birds which were caught in a trap, - like them, were ensnared the sons of men, by a time of misfortune, when it fell upon them suddenly. ¹³ Even this, had I seen of wisdom, under the sun, - and, of great import, was the same unto me: - ¹⁴ A little city, and men therein few, - and there came against it a great king, and surrounded it, and built against it large siege-works;

On Earth

Under the Sun

Ecclesiastes 6:1

Here was an evil, I had seen under the sun, - and it is, common, among men:

Ecclesiastes 7:15

Everything, had I seen, in my days of vanity, - Here was a righteous man, perishing in his righteousness, and there was a lawless man, continuing long in his wickedness.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

When I gave my heart, to know wisdom, and to consider the business that was done upon the earth, then surely, by day and by night, there was one who suffered not his eyes, to sleep.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

I again saw under the sun, that not, to the swift, was the race, nor, to the strong, the battle, nay! nor, to the wise, food, nor yet, to the intelligent, riches, nor, even to the well-informed, comeliness, - for, time and accident, happened to them all.