Ecclesiastes 9:16 - King James 2000

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

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?

Ecclesiastes 9:16 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 10:15

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

Proverbs 21:22

A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and casts down the stronghold in which they trust.

Proverbs 24:5

A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increases strength.

Proverbs 8:14

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

Ecclesiastes 10:10

If the iron is blunt, and he does not sharpen the edge, then must he use more strength: but wisdom helps one to succeed.

Ecclesiastes 7:12

For wisdom is a defense, and money is a defense: but the excellence of knowledge is, that wisdom gives life to them that have it.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom strengthens the wise more than ten mighty men who are in the city.

Ecclesiastes 9:18

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