15and there was found in it a poor wise man, who by his wisdom delivered the city; but no man remembered that poor man.


In Context

12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are taken with the snare, like them are the children of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

13 This also have I seen as wisdom under the sun, and it was great unto me.

14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and encompassed it, and built great bulwarks against it:

15 and there was found in it a poor wise man, who by his wisdom delivered the city; but no man remembered that poor man.

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

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

Ecclesiastes 9:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:15Now 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:15Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:15Now there was found in it a man poor and wise, and he delivered the city by his wisdom, and no man afterward remembered that poor man.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:15Now 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:15Now 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:15Now 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:15Now a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:15and there hath been found in it a poor wise man, and he hath delivered the city by his wisdom, and men have not remembered that poor man!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:15Now 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.