16And I said that wisdom is better than strength: how then is the wisdom of the poor man slighted, and his words not heard?


In Context

13 This wisdom also I have seen under the sun, and it seemed to me to be very great:

14 A little city, and few men in it: there came against it a great king, and invested it, and built bulwarks round about it, and the siege was perfect.

15 Now 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.

16 And I said that wisdom is better than strength: how then is the wisdom of the poor man slighted, and his words not heard?

17 The words of the wise are heard in silence, more than the cry of a prince among fools.

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

Ecclesiastes 9:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:16Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:16So I said, "Wisdom is better than strength." But the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are no longer heeded.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength; but the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16Then said I, wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16Then I said, |Wisdom is better than strength.| Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16And I said, 'Better is wisdom than might, and the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.' —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.