Ecclesiastes 9:15

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And there was found in it a poor wise man, and he delivered the city by his wisdom. And mankind has not remembered that poor man.

Latin

Inventusque est in ea vir pauper et sapiens, et liberavit urbem per sapientiam suam; et nullus deinceps recordatus est hominis illius pauperis.

Original

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English

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.

Notes

Ecclesiastes 9:13–18

This poor man's wise action was effective. Wisdom is better than power, strength, or weapons (see Ecclesiastes 4:13; 7:9, 19; 10:4). However, deserving people are not always honored, and even wise individuals are sometimes forgotten (see Ecclesiastes 2:16; 4:16).

Related verses

Genesis 40:23
The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.
Ecclesiastes 4:13
Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
Esther 6:2–3
And 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.
2 Samuel 20:22
Then 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.
Ecclesiastes 2:16
For 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!

Glossary

Book of Ecclesiastes

Topics

Ingratitude: Citizens Ingratitude: Often Exhibited: To Benefactors Poor: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Prudence: The Poor Wise Man War: Wisdom Required In Wisdom: Spiritual: Unclassified Scriptures Relating to

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