The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Ecclesiastes 9:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 And I said that wisdom is better than strength: how then is the wisdom of the poor man slighted, and his words not heard? |
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, And bringeth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it.
Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers which are in a city.