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


In Context

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.

18 Better is wisdom than weapons of conflict, And one sinner destroyeth much good!

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:17The words of the wise are heard in silence, more than the cry of a prince among 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 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.