Ecclesiastes 9:16 - 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.

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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.

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?

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

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.

Proverbs 24:5

A wise man is strong; Yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

Proverbs 21:22

A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, And casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

Ecclesiastes 9:18

Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

Proverbs 10:15

The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

Proverbs 8:14

Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

Ecclesiastes 7:12

For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.