18Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.


In Context

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.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:18Better is wisdom, than weapons of war: and he that shall offend in one, shall lose many good things.

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.