Ecclesiastes 9:15 - New Revised Standard Version Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Then the woman went to all the people with her wise plan. And they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. So he blew the trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, and all went to their homes, while Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
One wise person went up against a city of warriors and brought down the stronghold in which they trusted.
For there is no enduring remembrance of the wise or of fools, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. How can the wise die just like fools?
Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king, who will no longer take advice.
Wisdom gives strength to the wise more than ten rulers that are in a city.
Then I saw the wicked buried; they used to go in and out of the holy place, and were praised in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity.