Ecclesiastes 9:16

וְאָמַרְתִּי אָנִי טוֹבָה חָכְמָה מִגְּבוּרָה וְחָכְמַת הַמִּסְכֵּן בְּזוּיָה וּדְבָרָיו אֵינָם נִשְׁמָעִֽים ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

In Context

15וּמָצָא בָהּ אִישׁ מִסְכֵּן חָכָם וּמִלַּט ־ הוּא אֶת ־ הָעִיר בְּחָכְמָתוֹ וְאָדָם לֹא זָכַר אֶת ־ הָאִישׁ הַמִּסְכֵּן הַהּֽוּא ׃

17דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים בְּנַחַת נִשְׁמָעִים מִזַּעֲקַת מוֹשֵׁל בַּכְּסִילִֽים ׃

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Cross References

Proverbs 10:15הוֹן עָשִׁיר קִרְיַת עֻזּוֹ מְחִתַּת דַּלִּים רֵישָֽׁם ׃

Proverbs 24:5גֶּֽבֶר ־ חָכָם בַּעוֹז וְאִֽישׁ ־ דַּעַת מְאַמֶּץ ־ כֹּֽחַ ׃

Ecclesiastes 9:18טוֹבָה חָכְמָה מִכְּלֵי קְרָב וְחוֹטֶא אֶחָד יְאַבֵּד טוֹבָה הַרְבֵּֽה ׃

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 →

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