Ecclesiastes 9:16
“Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Ecclesiastes 9:16 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Da sprach ich: Weisheit ist besser als Kraft; aber die Weisheit des Armen wird verachtet, und seine Worte werden nicht gehört. -
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Entonces dije yo: Mejor es la sabiduría que la fortaleza; aunque la ciencia del pobre sea menospreciada, y no sean escuchadas sus palabras.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Então eu disse: Melhor é a sabedoria do que a força; ainda que a sabedoria do pobre tenha sido desprezada, e suas palavras não tenham sido ouvidas.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Então concluí: sabedoria é melhor que força, mas a sabedoria de um pobre homem é desprezada, e suas palavras não são ouvidas.
📖 Ecclesiastes 9:16 in Context
14There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
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.
16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
17The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
18Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
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