Ecclesiastes 9:16
Ecclesiastes 9:16 — The New International Version (NIV)
16 So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are no longer heeded.
Ecclesiastes 9:16 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Ecclesiastes 9:16 — New Living Translation (NLT)
16 So even though wisdom is better than strength, those who are wise will be despised if they are poor. What they say will not be appreciated for long.
Ecclesiastes 9:16 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
16 Then I said:
“Wisdom is better than strength.
Nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised,
And his words are not heard.
Ecclesiastes 9:16 — New Century Version (NCV)
16 I still think wisdom is better than strength. But those people forgot about the poor man’s wisdom and stopped listening to what he said.
Ecclesiastes 9:16 — American Standard Version (ASV)
16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Ecclesiastes 9:16 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength; but the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Ecclesiastes 9:16 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
16 So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength,” even though that poor person’s wisdom was despised, and no one listened to what he said.
Ecclesiastes 9:16 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
16 And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”
Ecclesiastes 9:16 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
16 So I said, “Wisdom is better than might; yet the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heeded.”
Ecclesiastes 9:16 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
16 So I concluded that wisdom is better than might, yet the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.
Ecclesiastes 9:16 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
16 So I said, “It’s better to be wise than to be powerful.” But people looked down on the poor man’s wisdom. No one paid any attention to what he said.
Ecclesiastes 9:16 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
16 So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the wisdom of the poor man is despised and his words are not heeded.