Ecclesiastes 9:16 - Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And so, I declared that wisdom is better than strength. But how is it, then, that the wisdom of the poor man is treated with contempt, and his words are not heeded?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man's wisdom is despised and his words are not heeded.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ So I thought, Wisdom is better than might, but the wisdom of commoners is despised and their words aren’t heeded.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And I said that wisdom is better than strength: how then is the wisdom of the poor man slighted, and his words not heard?

Ecclesiastes 9:16 পৰস্পৰ সংযোগসমূহ

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Proverbs 24:5

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Proverbs 21:22

The wise has ascended the city of the strong, and he has torn down the bulwark of its confidence.

Ecclesiastes 9:18

Wisdom is better than weapons of war. And whoever offends in one thing, shall lose many good things.

Proverbs 10:15

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Proverbs 8:14

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Ecclesiastes 7:12

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Ecclesiastes 10:10

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