10 Whatever your hands find to do, do with your strength; for there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, the place where you are going.
11 Again I saw under the sun that— the race is not to the swift,nor the battle to the strong,nor food to the wise,nor riches to the intelligent,nor favor to those with knowledge;but time and chance happen to them all.
12 For man does not know his time: Like fish caught in an unfortunate net,like birds caught in a snare,so the sons of men are ensnared at a tragic, yet appointed time,when it suddenly falls on them.
13 I have also seen this wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me:
14 There was a small city with a few men in it; and a great king came and surrounded it, and he built up great siege works against it.
15 But a poor, wise man was found there, and he himself in his wisdom delivered the city, but no one remembered that poor man.
16 Then I said, “Wisdom is better than strength; yet the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.”