New American Standard Bible 2020
Ecclesiastes 9:13-16
13This too I saw as wisdom under the sun, and 1it impressed me:
14there 2was a small city with few men in it, and a great king came to it, surrounded it, and constructed large siegeworks against it.
15But there was found in it a 3poor wise man, and he 4saved the city 5by his wisdom. Yet 6no one remembered that poor man.
16So I said, “7Wisdom is better than strength.” But the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are 8ignored.
Notes
- 1. Ecclesiastes 9:13 Lit it was great to me ↩
- 2. Ecclesiastes 9:14 2 Sam 20:16-22 ↩
- 3. Ecclesiastes 9:15 Eccl 4:13 ↩
- 4. Ecclesiastes 9:15 Or might have saved ↩
- 5. Ecclesiastes 9:15 2 Sam 20:22 ↩
- 6. Ecclesiastes 9:15 Eccl 2:16; 8:10 ↩
- 7. Ecclesiastes 9:16 Prov 21:22; Eccl 7:12, 19 ↩
- 8. Ecclesiastes 9:16 Lit not listened to ↩
Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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