18Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth much good.


In Context

15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

17 The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth much good.

Ecclesiastes 9:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:18Wisdom [is] better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:18Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:18Better is wisdom, than weapons of war: and he that shall offend in one, shall lose many good things.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:18Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth much good.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:18Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:18Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:18Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:18Better is wisdom than weapons of conflict, And one sinner destroyeth much good!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:18Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroys much good.