Ecclesiastes 9:17
The words of the wise are heard in silence, more than the cry of a prince among fools.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
In Context
18Better is wisdom, than weapons of war: and he that shall offend in one, shall lose many good things.
Cross References
1 Samuel 7:3And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying: If you turn to the Lord with all your heart, put away the strange gods from among you, Baalim and Astaroth: and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
Isaiah 42:2He shall not cry, nor have respect to person, neither shall his voice be heard abroad.
James 3:17But the wisdom, that is from above, first indeed is chaste, then peaceable, modest, easy to be persuaded, consenting to the good, full of mercy and good fruits, without judging, without dissimulation.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 9:14-18
The Advantages of Wisdom. 13 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: 14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: 15 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. 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. 17 The words of… Read the whole commentary →