King James Version with Apocrypha
"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."
— Ecclesiastes 9:15, King James Version with Apocrypha
“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.”
“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. ”
“Now a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.”
“However, a poor but wise man lived in the city, and he could have delivered the city by his wisdom, but no one listened to that poor man.”
“Now there was found in it a man poor and wise, and he delivered the city by his wisdom, and no man afterward remembered that poor man.”
“Now there was in the town a poor, wise man, and he, by his wisdom, kept the town safe. But no one had any memory of that same poor man.”
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
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:
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.
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.