Ecclesiastes 9:15 - The Scriptures 2009

And there was found in it a poor wise man, and by his wisdom he delivered the city, yet no one remembered that poor man.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

now 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no man [seriously] remembered that poor man.

American Standard Version (1901)

Now 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.

Common English Bible

Now there lived in that town a poor but wise man who saved everyone by his wisdom. But no one remembered that poor man.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And there was found within it, a poor and wise man, and he freed the city through his wisdom, and nothing was recorded afterward of that poor man.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Now 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.

Ecclesiastes 9:15 Cross References

Genesis 40:23

And the chief cupbearer did not remember Yosĕph, but forgot him.

2 Samuel 20:22

So the woman in her wisdom went to all the people. And they cut off the head of Sheḇa son of Biḵri, and threw it out to Yo’aḇ. Then he blew with the shophar, and they dispersed from the city, each one to his tent. And Yo’aḇ returned to the sovereign at Yerushalayim.

Proverbs 21:22

A wise one scales the city of the mighty, And brings down the trusted stronghold.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

For there is no more lasting remembrance of the wise than of the fool, since in the days to come all is forgotten. And how does a wise man die? With the fool!

Ecclesiastes 4:13

A poor and wise youth is better than an old and foolish sovereign who no longer knows how to take warning.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom makes the wise strong, more than ten rulers that are in the city.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

And so I saw the wrong ones buried, and they came and went from the place of set-apartness, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done. That too is futile.