Ecclesiastes 9:17

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

The calm words of the wise are heeded over the shouts of a ruler among fools.

Bible in Basic English ☆

The words of the wise which come quietly to the ear are noted more than the cry of a ruler among the foolish.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

The words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the cry of them that rule in folly.

Darby Translation ☆

The words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

The words of the wise are heard in silence, more than the cry of a prince among fools.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

The wordes of the wise are more heard in quietnes, then the crye of him that ruleth among fooles.

Noyes Bible ☆

The quiet words of the wise are sooner heard than the shouting of a foolish ruler.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

The words of wise men heard in quiet are better than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

The words of the wise spoken in quiet are more acceptable than the cry of a ruler among fools.

King James Version ☆

The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

The words of wise men are heard in quiet, more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

The words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the cry of them that rule in folly.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

The words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the cry of them that rule in folly.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

The calm words of the wise are heeded over the shouts of a ruler among fools.

Webster Bible ☆

The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

Revised Version ☆

The words of the wise spoken in quiet are heard more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

The words of the wise are heard in quiet More than the cry of them that rule in folly.

World English Bible ☆

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules amongst fools.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules amongst fools.

World English Bible Classic ☆

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.

World English Bible Updated ☆

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.

World Messianic Bible ☆

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules amongst fools.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

The words of the wise in quiet are heard, More than the cry of a ruler over fools.

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

Divrei chachamim in quiet are more to be heeded than the shouting of the moshel (one ruling) among kesilim.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

كَلِمَاتُ ٱلْحُكَمَاءِ تُسْمَعُ فِي ٱلْهُدُوءِ، أَكْثَرَ مِنْ صُرَاخِ ٱلْمُتَسَلِّطِ بَيْنَ ٱلْجُهَّالِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

အုပ်စိုးသောသူသည် မိုက်သောသူတို့တွင် ကြွေး ကြော်သောအသံကို နားထောင်ကြသည်ထက်၊ ငြိမ်ဝပ် ရာ၌ ပညာရှိပြောသောစကားကို သာ၍နားထောင်တတ် ကြ၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

အုပ်စိုး သောသူသည် မိုက် သောသူတို့တွင် ကြွေးကြော် သောအသံကို နားထောင်ကြသည်ထက် ၊ ငြိမ်ဝပ် ရာ၌ ပညာရှိ ပြောသောစကား ကို သာ၍နားထောင် တတ် ကြ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Ukkung kamthu hanghaih lok tahngaih pongah loe palungha ih loknaem to tahngaih hanah hoih kue.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Hlangcueih ol tah aka ang rhoek aka taemrhai kah a pang lakah mongnah neh a hnatun uh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Hlangcueih ol tah aka ang rhoek aka taemrhai kah a pang lakah mongnah neh a hnatun uh.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

宁可在安静之中听智慧人的言语，不听掌管愚昧人的喊声。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

寧可在安靜之中聽智慧人的言語，不聽掌管愚昧人的喊聲。

World Chinese Bible ☆

智慧人的话在安静中被听见，胜过在愚昧人中掌权者的喊叫。

Croatian Bible ☆

Blage se riječi mudraca bolje čuju nego vika zapovjednika nad luđacima.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Slov moudrých pokojně poslouchati sluší, raději než křiku panujícího mezi blázny.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Vismænds Ord, der høres i Ro, er bedre end en Herskers Råb iblandt Dårer.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

De woorden der wijzen moeten in stilheid aangehoord worden, meer dan het geroep desgenen, die over de zotten heerst.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Woorden van wijzen, met kalmte aanhoord, Zijn beter dan geschreeuw van een veldheer tot dwazen.

Esperanto Bible ☆

La vortoj de saĝuloj, trankvile aŭskultitaj, estas pli bonaj ol la kriado de reganto inter malsaĝuloj.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Les paroles des sages sont écoutées dans la tranquillité, plus que le cri de celui qui gouverne parmi les sots.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Mieux vaut des paroles de sages paisiblement écoutées, que le cri de celui qui domine parmi les insensés.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Les paroles des sages tranquillement écoutées valent mieux que les cris de celui qui domine parmi les insensés.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Les paroles des sages, écoutées dans le calme, valent mieux que les cris d'un chef au milieu des insensés.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Worte der Weisen, in Ruhe gehört, sind mehr wert als das Geschrei des Herrschers unter den Toren. -

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Der Weisen Worte, in Stille vernommen, sind besser denn der Herren Schreien unter den Narren.

German Textbibel ☆

Worte von Weisen, in Ruhe vernommen, sind besser als das Geschrei eines Herrschers unter den Thoren.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Die Worte der Weisen, die man in der Stille vernimmt, sind besser als das Schreien eines Herrschers unter den Narren.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

λόγοι σοφῶν ἐν ἀναπαύσει ἀκούονται ὑπὲρ κραυγὴν ἐξουσιαζόντων ἐν ἀφροσύναις.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Λόγοι σοφῶν ἐν ἀναπαύσει ἀκούονται ὑπὲρ κραυγὴν ἐξουσιάζόντων ἐν ἀφροσύναις.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Pito ou koute pawòl yon moun ki gen konprann ap di ou tou dousman pase pawòl chèf k'ap rele byen fò nan mitan yon bann moun sòt.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Ua loheia no na olelo a ka poe naauao ma kahi noho malu ai, mamua o ke kala ana o ka luna o ka poe naaupo.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

דִּבְרֵ֣י חֲכָמִ֔ים בְּנַ֖חַת נִשְׁמָעִ֑ים מִזַּעֲקַ֥ת מֹושֵׁ֖ל בַּכְּסִילִֽים׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

דברי חכמים בנחת נשמעים מזעקת מושל בכסילים׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Le parole de' savi devono esser più quietamente ascoltate, che la grida d'un signore fra gli stolti.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Le parole de’ savi, udite nella quiete, valgon meglio delle grida di chi domina fra gli stolti.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

静かに聞かれる知恵ある者の言葉は、愚かな者たちの中で支配する者の叫び声にまさる。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

종용히 들리는 지혜자의 말이 우매자의 어른의 호령보다 나으니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Wo in porongo pusra fisrasr lun sie mwet lalmwetmet, liki pusren wowoyak lun sie mwet kol inmasrlon mwet lalfon.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Verba sapientium audiuntur in silentio, plus quam clamor principis inter stultos.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

سخنان حکیمان که به آرامی گفته شود، ازفریاد حاکمی که در میان احمقان باشد زیاده مسموع می‌گردد.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

As palavras dos sábios ouvidas em silêncio são melhores do que o grito daquele que governa entre os tolos.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

As palavras dos sábios devem ser ouvidas em quietude, mais do que o grito daquele que domina sobre os tolos.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Cuvintele înțelepților sunt ascultate în tăcere mai mult decât strigătul celui ce domnește printre proști.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Кувинтеле ынцелепцилор, аскултате ын линиште, сунт май де прец декыт стригэтеле унуя каре стэпынеште ынтре небунь.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Слова мудрых, высказанные спокойно, выслушиваются лучше, нежели крик властелина между глупыми.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Reči mudrih ljudi valja s mirom slušati više nego viku onog koji zapoveda među ludima.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Речи мудрих људи ваља с миром слушати више него вику оног који заповеда међу лудима.

Mashi Bible ☆

Ebinwa binjà by’omurhimanya banabiyumvirhize kulusha okuyâma kw’omwâmi w’abasirhe.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Las palabras del sabio con reposo son oídas, más que el clamor del señor entre los necios.

Spanish BLL ☆

Más valen las palabras tranquilas de los sabios que los gritos del jefe de los tontos.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Las palabras del sabio escuchadas en quietud son mejores que el clamor del que señorea entre los necios.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Las palabras de los sabios que llegan silenciosamente al oído se notan más que el clamor de un gobernante entre los necios.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Las palabras de los sabios dichas en quietud Son más aceptables que el clamor de un magistrado entre los necios.

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻOku ongo lahi mai ʻae fanafana ʻae poto ʻi he kalanga ʻo ia ʻoku pule ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe vale.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Слово тихе й розумне, як його послухають, переважує крик потужного між дурними.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Слово тихе й розумне, як його послухають, переважує крик потужного між дурними.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Lời của người khôn ngoan được nghe tại nơi êm lặng còn hơn tiếng kêu la của kẻ cai trị trong đám dại dột.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

דִּבְרֵ֣י חֲכָמִ֔ים בְּנַ֖חַת נִשְׁמָעִ֑ים מִזַּעֲקַ֥ת מוֹשֵׁ֖ל בַּכְּסִילִֽים׃