Ecclesiastes 9:13

Wisdom'Although Vulnerable'Is Superior To Power

¹² For man does not know his time. Just as fish are caught in a cruel net and like birds who are seized in a snare, so also {humans} are ensnared at a cruel time when it falls suddenly upon them. ¹³ I have also seen this [example of] wisdom under the sun, and it [seemed] great to me. ¹⁴ [There was] a small city with few people in it. A great king came and besieged it, building great siege works against it.

On Earth

Under the Sun

Ecclesiastes 6:1

Here is another misfortune that I have seen under the sun, and it [is] prevalent among humankind.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

I have seen all these things in my vain life: Sometimes a righteous man perishes in [spite of] his righteousness, and sometimes a wicked man lives a long life in [spite of] his evil.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

I applied my mind to know wisdom and to understand the business that is done on earth--how neither day nor night one's eyes see sleep.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

I looked again and saw under the sun that the race [does] not [belong] to the swift, the battle [does] not [belong] to the mighty, food [does] not [belong] to the wise, wealth [does] not [belong] to the intelligent, and success [does] not [belong] to the skillful, for time and chance befalls all of them.