John Gill 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)

This wisdom has 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 7:11Ecclesiastes 7:12Ecclesiastes 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.