Ecclesiastes 9:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.”
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“Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 9:15 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 40:23The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.
- 2 Samuel 20:22Then the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn and his men dispersed from the city, each to his own home. And Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.
- Esther 6:2And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
- Ecclesiastes 2:16For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!
- Ecclesiastes 4:13Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
- Ecclesiastes 7:19Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.
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