New American Standard Bible 2020
Ecclesiastes 9:13-18
13ThisH2090 tooH1571 I sawH7200 as wisdomH2451 underH8478 the sunH8121, and 1it impressedH1419 me:
14there 2was a smallH6996 cityH5892 with fewH4592 menH376 in it, and a greatH1419 kingH4428 cameH935 to it, surroundedH5437 it, and constructedH1129 largeH1419 siegeworksH4685 againstH5921 it.
15But there was foundH4672 in it a 3poorH4542 wiseH2450 manH376, and he 4savedH4422 the cityH5892 5by his wisdomH2451. Yet 6noH3808 oneH120 rememberedH2142 that poorH4542 manH376.
16So I saidH559, “7WisdomH2451 is betterH2896 thanH4480 strengthH1369.” But the wisdomH2451 of the poorH4542 manH4542 is despisedH959, and his wordsH1697 are 8ignoredH369H8085.
17The 9wordsH1697 of the wiseH2450 heardH8085 in calmH5183 are better thanH4480 the shoutingH2199 of a rulerH4910 among foolsH3684.
1810WisdomH2451 is betterH2896 thanH4480 weaponsH3627 of warH7128, but 11oneH259 sinnerH2398 destroysH6 muchH7235 goodH2899.
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 ↩
- 9. Ecclesiastes 9:17 Eccl 7:5; 10:12 ↩
- 10. Ecclesiastes 9:18 Eccl 9:16 ↩
- 11. Ecclesiastes 9:18 Josh 7:1-26; 2 Kin 21:2-17 ↩
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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