Ecclesiastes 9:17
The words of the wise are heard in quiet, || More than the cry of a ruler over fools.
Literal Standard Version
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 conflict, || And one sinner destroys much good!
Cross References
1 Samuel 7:3And Samuel speaks to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you are turning back to YHWH with all your heart—turn aside the gods of the stranger from your midst, and Ashtaroth; and prepare your heart for YHWH, and serve Him only, and He delivers you out of the hand of the Philistines.”
Isaiah 42:2He does not cry, nor lift up, || Nor cause His voice to be heard in the street.
Acts 19:41and having said these things, he dismissed the assembly.
James 3:17but the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, well-convinced, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical—
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 →