15and there hath been found in it a poor wise man, and he hath delivered the city by his wisdom, and men have not remembered that poor man!


In Context

12 For even man knoweth not his time; as fish that are taken hold of by an evil net, and as birds that are taken hold of by a snare, like these are the sons of man snared at an evil time, when it falleth upon them suddenly.

13 This also I have seen: wisdom under the sun, and it is great to me.

14 A little city, and few men in it, and a great king hath come unto it, and hath surrounded it, and hath built against it great bulwarks;

15 and there hath been found in it a poor wise man, and he hath delivered the city by his wisdom, and men have not remembered that poor man!

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

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

Ecclesiastes 9:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:15Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:15Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:15Now 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:15Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:15and there was found in it a poor wise man, who by his wisdom delivered the city; but no man remembered that poor man.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:15Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:15Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:15Now a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:15Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.