Ecclesiastes 9:17 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ The words of the wise are heard in silence, more than the cry of a prince among fools.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ The words of wise men heard in quiet are better than the shouts of him who rules among fools.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ The calm words of the wise are better heeded than the racket caused by a ruler among fools.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ The words of the wise are heard in silence, more so than the outcry of a prince among the foolish.

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁷ The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.

Ecclesiastes 9:17 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 28:23

He that rebuketh a man, shall afterward find favour with him, more than he that by a flattering tongue deceiveth him.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

The words of the mouth of a wise man are grace: but the lips of a fool shall throw him down headlong.

Ecclesiastes 7:5

The heart of the wise is where there is mourning, and the heart of fools where there is mirth.

Isaiah 42:2

He shall not cry, nor have respect to person: neither shall his voice be heard abroad.

Isaiah 42:4

He shall not be sad nor troublesome till he set judgment in the earth: and the islands shall wait for his law.

James 1:20

For the anger of man worketh not the justice of God.