Albert Barnes Commentary Ecclesiastes 9:13

"I have also seen wisdom under the sun on this wise, and it seemed great unto me:" — Ecclesiastes 9:13 (ASV)

Or, Also I have seen this—wisdom under the sun—and it seemed great to me.

From this verse to the end of Ecclesiastes 10, the writer inculcates, in a series of proverbs, wisdom in contrast to folly, as the best remedy in the present life to the evil of vanity.