Ecclesiastes 9:16

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

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

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

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

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”

Bible in Basic English ☆

Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And I said, Wisdom is better than power: yet the wisdom of the poor man is set at nought, and his words not listened to.

Darby Translation ☆

Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength; but the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

And I said that wisdom is better than strength: how then is the wisdom of the poor man slighted, and his words not heard?

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Then said I, Better is wisdome then strength: yet the wisedome of the poore is despised, and his wordes are not heard.

Noyes Bible ☆

Then said I, “Wisdom is better than strength;” and yet the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Then said I, Wisdom is better than might: although the poor man's wisdom is held in contempt, and his words are not heard.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

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

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

And I said Wisdom is better than power: yet the wisdom of the poor man is set at nothing, and his words not listened to.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

And I said Wisdom is better than power: yet the wisdom of the poor man is set at nothing, and his words not listened to.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”

Webster Bible ☆

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

Revised Version ☆

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

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And I said, Wisdom is better than power: Yet the wisdom of the poor man is set at nought, And his words not listened to.

World English Bible ☆

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

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

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

World English Bible British Edition ☆

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

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

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

World English Bible Classic ☆

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

World English Bible Updated ☆

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

World Messianic Bible ☆

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

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

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

Young's Literal Translation ☆

And I said, 'Better [is] wisdom than might, and the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.' —

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Then said I, Chochmah is better than gevurah (strength); nevertheless the poor manʼs chochmah is despised, and his devarim are not heard.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

فَقُلْتُ: «ٱلْحِكْمَةُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ ٱلْقُوَّةِ». أَمَّا حِكْمَةُ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ فَمُحْتَقَرَةٌ، وَكَلَامُهُ لَا يُسْمَعُ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ထိုအခါ ငါဆိုသည်ကား၊ ပညာသည် ခွန်အားထက် သာ၍ ကောင်းမြတ်၏။ သို့သော်လည်း၊ ဆင်းရဲသောသူ၏ ပညာကို မထီမဲ့မြင်ပြုတတ်ကြ၏။ သူ၏စကားကို နား မထောင်တတ်ကြ။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ထိုအခါ ငါဆို သည်ကား၊ ပညာ သည် ခွန်အား ထက် သာ၍ကောင်းမြတ် ၏။ သို့သော်လည်း ၊ ဆင်းရဲ သောသူ၏ ပညာ ကို မထီမဲ့မြင် ပြုတတ်ကြ၏။ သူ ၏စကား ကို နား မ ထောင်တတ်ကြ။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

To pongah palunghahaih loe thacakhaih pongah hoih kue, tiah ka thuih; toe kamtang palunghahaih loe tidoeh sah pae o ai; a thuih ih lok doeh tahngai pae o ai.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Te dongah, “Cueihnah he thayung thamal lakah then,” ka ti dae khodaeng kah cueihnah tah a hnaep pah tih a ol te khaw hnatun uh pawh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Te dongah, “Cueihnah he thayung thamal lakah then,” ka ti dae khodaeng kah cueihnah tah a hnaep pah tih a ol te khaw hnatun uh pawh.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

我就说，智慧胜过勇力；然而那贫穷人的智慧被人藐视，他的话也无人听从。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

我就說，智慧勝過勇力；然而那貧窮人的智慧被人藐視，他的話也無人聽從。

World Chinese Bible ☆

于是我说：“智慧胜过力量。”然而贫穷人的智慧被藐视，他的话也无人听从。

Croatian Bible ☆

Ipak ja velim: bolja je mudrost nego jakost, ali se ne cijeni mudrost siromaha i ne slušaju njegove riječi.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Protož řekl jsem já: Lepší jest moudrost než síla, ačkoli moudrost chudého toho byla v pohrdání, a slov jeho neposlouchali.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Da sagde jeg: “Visdom er bedre end Styrke, men den fattiges Visdom agtes ringe, og hans Ord høres ikke.”

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Toen zeide ik: Wijsheid is beter dan kracht, hoewel de wijsheid des armen veracht, en zijn woorden niet waren gehoord geweest.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Toen dacht ik: Ofschoon wijsheid meer waard is dan kracht, Wordt toch de wijsheid van een arme versmaad, En naar zijn woorden wordt niet geluisterd.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Kaj mi diris: Pli bona estas saĝo ol forto, tamen la saĝo de malriĉulo estas malrespektata, kaj liaj vortoj ne estas aŭdataj.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Et j’ai dit : Mieux vaut la sagesse que la force ; mais la sagesse du pauvre est méprisée, et ses paroles ne sont pas écoutées.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Alors j'ai dit: La sagesse vaut mieux que la force; et toutefois la sagesse du pauvre est méprisée, et ses paroles ne sont point écoutées.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Et j’ai dit: La sagesse vaut mieux que la force. Cependant la sagesse du pauvre est méprisée, et ses paroles ne sont pas écoutées.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Alors je dis : « La sagesse vaut mieux que la force. » Néanmoins, la sagesse du pauvre est méprisée, et ses paroles ne sont pas écoutées.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Da sprach ich: Weisheit ist besser als Kraft; aber die Weisheit des Armen wird verachtet, und seine Worte werden nicht gehört. -

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Da sprach ich: “Weisheit ist ja besser den Stärke; doch wird des Armen Weisheit verachtet und seinen Worten nicht gehorcht.”

German Textbibel ☆

Da dachte ich: Weisheit ist besser als Stärke, aber die Weisheit des Armen ist verachtet, und seine Worte finden kein Gehör.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Da sprach ich: Weisheit ist besser als Stärke! Aber die Weisheit des Armen ist verachtet, und man hört nicht auf ihn.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

καὶ εἶπα ἐγώ· ἀγαθὴ σοφία ὑπὲρ δύναμιν, καὶ σοφία τοῦ πένητος ἐξουδενωμένη, καὶ οἱ λόγοι αὐτοῦ οὐκ εἰσὶν ἀκουόμενοι.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Καὶ εἶπα ἐγὼ, ἀγαθὴ σοφία ὑπὲρ δύναμιν· καὶ σοφία τοῦ πένητος ἐξουδενωμένη, καὶ οἱ λόγοι αὐτοῦ οὐκ εἰσακουόμενοι.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Mwen te toujou di: Konesans pi bon pase gwo kouraj, men yo meprize konesans moun ki pòv. Yo p'ap koute yo lè y'ap pale.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Alaila, i iho la au, Ua oi aku ka naauao mamua o ka ikaika; aka hoi, ua hoowahawahaia ka naauao o ka mea ilihune, aole hoi i hooloheia kana olelo.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וְאָמַ֣רְתִּי אָ֔נִי טֹובָ֥ה חָכְמָ֖ה מִגְּבוּרָ֑ה וְחָכְמַ֤ת הַמִּסְכֵּן֙ בְּזוּיָ֔ה וּדְבָרָ֖יו אֵינָ֥ם נִשְׁמָעִֽים׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ואמרתי אני טובה חכמה מגבורה וחכמת המסכן בזויה ודבריו אינם נשמעים׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Allora io dissi: Meglio val sapienza che forza ; benchè la sapienza del povero sia sprezzata , e che le sue parole non sieno ascoltate.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Allora io dissi: “La sapienza val meglio della forza; ma la sapienza del povero è disprezzata, e le sue parole non sono ascoltate”.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

そこで私は言った。「知恵は力にまさる。」それでも、貧しい人の知恵は軽んじられ、その言葉は聞かれない。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

그러므로 내가 이르기를 지혜가 힘보다 낫다마는 가난한 자의 지혜가 멸시를 받고 그 말이 신청되지 아니한다 하였노라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Nga fahk pacl nukewa lah lalmwetmet uh wo liki ku, tusruktu wangin mwet nunku mu mwet sukasrup ku in lalmwetmet, pwanang elos tiana lohang nu ke ma mwet sukasrup uh fahk.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Et dicebam ego meliorem esse sapientiam fortitudine. Quomodo ergo sapientia pauperis contempta est, et verba ejus non sunt audita?

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

آنگاه من گفتم حکمت از شجاعت بهتر است، هر‌چند حکمت این فقیررا خوار شمردند و سخنانش را نشنیدند.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Então eu disse: “A sabedoria é melhor do que a força.” No entanto, a sabedoria do homem pobre é desprezada, e as suas palavras não são ouvidas.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Então eu disse: Melhor é a sabedoria do que a força; ainda que a sabedoria do pobre tenha sido desprezada, e suas palavras não tenham sido ouvidas.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Atunci am spus: Înțelepciunea este mai bună decât puterea, cu toate acestea înțelepciunea săracului este disprețuită și cuvintele lui nu sunt ascultate.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Атунч ам зис: „Май бунэ есте ынцелепчуня декыт тэрия!” Тотушь, ынцелепчуня сэракулуй есте диспрецуитэ ши нимень ну-л аскултэ.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

И сказал я: мудрость лучше силы, и однако же мудрость бедняка пренебрегается, и слов его не слушают.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Tada ja rekoh: Bolja je mudrost nego snaga, ako se i ne maraše za mudrost onog siromaha i reči se njegove ne slušahu.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Тада ја рекох: Боља је мудрост него снага, ако се и не мараше за мудрост оног сиромаха и речи се његове не слушаху.

Mashi Bible ☆

Kwo kuderhaga nti oburhimanya bwo bukulu aha misî, ci kwône oburhimanya bw’omukenyi barhalonza okubumanya, n’ebinwa byâge barhabiyumvîrhiza.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Entonces dije yo: Mejor es la sabiduría que la fortaleza; aunque la ciencia del pobre sea menospreciada, y no sean escuchadas sus palabras.

Spanish BLL ☆

Entonces me dije: “Es mejor la sabiduría que la fuerza”, aunque se desprecie la sabiduría del pobre y nadie le haga caso a sus palabras.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Entonces dije yo: «Mejor es la sabiduría que la fuerza», aunque la ciencia del pobre sea menospreciada, y no sean escuchadas sus palabras.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Entonces dije: La sabiduría es mejor que la fuerza, pero la sabiduría del pobre no es respetada, y sus palabras no son escuchadas.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Entonces me dije: Mejor es la sabiduría que la fuerza, aunque la sabiduría del pobre sea menospreciada, y sus palabras no sean escuchadas.

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Revised West Version ☆

Pea naʻaku toki pehē ai, ʻOku lelei hake ʻae poto ʻi he mālohi; ka ʻoku manukiʻi ʻae poto ʻoe tangata masiva, pea ʻoku ʻikai ongoʻi ʻene ngaahi lea.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

І сказав я: Розум лучше сили, та розумом у чоловіка бідного погорджують і слова його байдуже.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

І сказав я: Розум лучше сили, та розумом у чоловіка бідного погорджують і слова його байдуже.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Ta bèn nói rằng: Sự khôn ngoan hơn sức mạnh; nhưng mà sự khôn ngoan của người nghèo bị khinh dể, và lời nói của người không ai nghe.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וְאָמַ֣רְתִּי אָ֔נִי טוֹבָ֥ה חָכְמָ֖ה מִגְּבוּרָ֑ה וְחָכְמַ֤ת הַמִּסְכֵּן֙ בְּזוּיָ֔ה וּדְבָרָ֖יו אֵינָ֥ם נִשְׁמָעִֽים׃