Ecclesiastes 9:15
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.
KJV
Inventusque est in ea vir pauper et sapiens, et liberavit urbem per sapientiam suam ; et nullus deinceps recordatus est hominis illius pauperis.
Vulgate
καὶ εὕρῃ ἐν αὐτῇ ἄνδρα πένητα σοφόν, καὶ διασώσῃ αὐτὸς τὴν πόλιν ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἄνθρωπος οὐκ ἐμνήσθη σὺν τοῦ ἀνδρὸς τοῦ πένητος ἐκείνου.
LXX
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.
ASV
וּ/מָ֣צָא בָ֗/הּ אִ֤ישׁ מִסְכֵּן֙ חָכָ֔ם וּ/מִלַּט ה֥וּא אֶת הָ/עִ֖יר בְּ/חָכְמָת֑/וֹ וְ/אָדָם֙ לֹ֣א זָכַ֔ר אֶת הָ/אִ֥ישׁ הַ/מִּסְכֵּ֖ן הַ/הּֽוּא
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 3:9 — Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
- 2Sam 20:22 — Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man t
- Eccl 4:13 — Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
- Eccl 10:10 — If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
- Esth 6:2 — And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
- Esth 6:3 — And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.
- Gen 40:23 — Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
- Jas 2:6 — But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
- Prov 3:13 — Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
- Prov 11:11 — By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
- Prov 19:7 — All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
- Prov 28:11 — The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.