Ecclesiastes 9:15

And a pore man and a wijs was foundun ther ynne; and he delyuerede the citee bi his wisdom, and no man bithouyte aftirward on that pore man.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

14A litil citee, and a fewe men ther ynne; a greet kyng cam ayens it, and cumpasside it with palis, and he bildide strengthis bi cumpas; and bisegyng was maad perfit.

16And Y seide, that wisdom is betere than strengthe; hou therfor is the wisdom of a pore man dispisid, and hise wordis ben not herd?

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Cross References

Genesis 40:23And netheles whanne prosperitees bifelden, the `souereyn of boteleris foryat `his expownere.

Esther 6:2me cam to the place, where it was writun, hou Mardochee hadde teld the tresouns of Gabathan and Thares, oneste seruauntis, couetynge to strangle kyng Assuerus.

Ecclesiastes 4:13A pore man and wijs is betere than an eld kyng and fool, that kan not bifore se in to tyme to comynge.

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