16So I said, "Wisdom is better than strength." But the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are no longer heeded.
16So I said, "Wisdom is better than strength." But the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are no longer heeded.
13 I also saw under the sun this example of wisdom that greatly impressed me:
14 There was once a small city with only a few people in it. And a powerful king came against it, surrounded it and built huge siegeworks against it.
15 Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man.
16 So I said, "Wisdom is better than strength." But the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are no longer heeded.
17 The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools.
18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
9:16Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard.
9:16And I said that wisdom is better than strength: how then is the wisdom of the poor man slighted, and his words not heard?
9:16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
9:16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength; but the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
9:16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
9:16Then said I, wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
9:16Then I said, |Wisdom is better than strength.| Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
9:16And I said, 'Better is wisdom than might, and the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.' —
9:16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.