Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 559 [e] וְאָמַ֣רְתִּי wə-’ā-mar-tî And said Conj-w | V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs 589 [e] אָ֔נִי ’ā-nî I Pro-1cs 2896 [e] טוֹבָ֥ה ṭō-w-ḇāh Better [is] Adj-fs 2451 [e] חָכְמָ֖ה ḥāḵ-māh wisdom N-fs 1369 [e] מִגְּבוּרָ֑ה mig-gə-ḇū-rāh than might Prep-m | N-fs 2451 [e] וְחָכְמַ֤ת wə-ḥā-ḵə-maṯ and the wisdom Conj-w | N-fsc 4542 [e] הַמִּסְכֵּן֙ ham-mis-kên of the poor one Art | Adj-ms 959 [e] בְּזוּיָ֔ה bə-zū-yāh is despised V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-fs 1697 [e] וּדְבָרָ֖יו ū-ḏə-ḇā-rāw and his words Conj-w | N-mpc | 3ms 369 [e] אֵינָ֥ם ’ê-nām not Adv | 3mp 8085 [e] נִשְׁמָעִֽים׃ niš-mā-‘îm are heard V-Nifal-Prtcpl-mp

Berean Study Bible
And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”

Young's Literal Translation
And I said, ‘Better [is] wisdom than might, and the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.’—

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And I said, “ Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”

New American Standard Bible
So I said, "Wisdom is better than strength." But the wisdom of the poor man is despised and his words are not heeded.

King James Bible
Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard. Ecclesiastes 9:16 • Ecclesiastes 9:16 NIV • Ecclesiastes 9:16 NLT • Ecclesiastes 9:16 ESV • Ecclesiastes 9:16 NASB • Ecclesiastes 9:16 KJV • Ecclesiastes 9:16 Biblia Paralela • Ecclesiastes 9:16 Chinese Bible • Ecclesiastes 9:16 French Bible • Ecclesiastes 9:16 German Bible

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