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


In Context

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 9:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:17The words of wise [men are] heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:17The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:17The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:17The words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:17The words of the wise spoken in quiet are heard more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:17The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:17The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:17The words of the wise in quiet are heard, More than the cry of a ruler over fools.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:17The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that rules among fools.