Ecclesiastes 9:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁵ Now a poor wise man was found in the city,  and he delivered the city by his wisdom.  Yet no one remembered that poor man.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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)

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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.

Ecclesiastes 9:15 Cross References

Genesis 40:23

Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.

2 Samuel 20:22

The woman went to all the people with her wise counsel,  and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn, and they dispersed from the city, each to his own tent. Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.

Proverbs 21:22

A wise person went up against a city of warriors and brought down its secure fortress.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

For, just like the fool, there is no lasting remembrance of the wise,  since in the days to come both will be forgotten. How is it that the wise person dies just like the fool?

Ecclesiastes 4:13

Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer pays attention to warnings.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom makes the wise person stronger than ten rulers of a city.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

In such circumstances, I saw the wicked buried. They came and went from the holy place,  and they were praised  in the city where they did those things. This too is futile.