KJVThen said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”
And I said, `Better is wisdom than might, and the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.' --
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength; but the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Ecclesiastes — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
E C C L E S I A S T E S CHAP. IX. Solomon, in this chapter, for a further proof of the vanity of this world, gives us four observations which he had made upon a survey of the state of the children of men in it:-- I.…