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


In Context

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 9:18 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

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.