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Ecclesiastes 9:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Ecclesiastes 9:16
13 Cross References  

Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers which are in a city.


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


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


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


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


Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might.


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.


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.


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