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Ecclesiastes 4:13 (100.00%)

Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn’t know how to receive admonition any more.

Better H2896 [is] a poor H4542 and a wise H2450 child H3206 than an old H2205 and foolish H3684 king, H4428 who will H3045 (QalPerf) no more be admonished. H2094 (NiphInf)

Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who hath not known to be warned any more.

Ecclesiastes 9:15 (100.00%)

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.

Now there was found H4672 (QalPerf) in it a poor H4542 wise H2450 man, H376 and he by his wisdom H2451 delivered H4422 (PielPerf) the city; H5892 yet no man H120 remembered H2142 (QalPerf) that same poor H4542 man. H376

and there hath been found in it a poor wise man, and he hath delivered the city by his wisdom, and men have not remembered that poor man!

Ecclesiastes 9:16 (100.00%)

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

Then said H559 (QalPerf) I, Wisdom H2451 [is] better H2896 than strength: H1369 nevertheless the poor man’s H4542 wisdom H2451 [is] despised, H959 (QalPasPtc) and his words H1697 are not heard. H8085 (NiphPtc)

And I said, ‘Better is wisdom than might, and the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.’-

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.