the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Ecclesiastes 7:19
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Wisdom strengthens a wise man more than ten men with power who are in a city.
Wisdom strengthens a wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
Wysdome geueth more courage vnto the wyse, then ten mightie men of the citie.
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty [men] that are in a city.
Wisdom strengthens the wise More than ten rulers of the city.
Wisdom makes the wise stronger than ten rulers who are in the city.
Surely there is no one on earth who always does good and never sins. But wisdom can make one person stronger than ten leaders in a city.
Wisedome strengtheneth the wise, more then ten mightie men which are in the citie.
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
Wy?dome geueth more corage vnto the wyse, then ten mightie men of the citie:
Wisdom puts more strength in one wise person Than ten strong men give to a city.
Wisdom strengthens the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.
Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.
Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty [men] who are in the city.
Wisdom gives a wise person more protection than ten rulers in a city.
Wisdom will make you stronger than the ten most powerful leaders in your city.
To a wise man wisdom is better protection than ten rulers in a city.
Wisedome shall strengthen the wise man more then ten mightie princes that are in ye citie.
Wisdom strengthens the wise more than ten princes that are in the city.
Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
Wisdom is a stronghold to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.
One wise person is stronger than ten leading citizens of a town!
Wisdom gives more strength to a wise man than ten rulers have in a city.
It is well for thee to hold fast by this; also by this defile not thine hand: for to them that fear God all things shall come forth well.
Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers which are in a city.
Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.
Wisdom gives strength to the wise more than ten rulers that are in a city.
Wisdom, bringeth more strength to a wise man, than ten heroes, that are in the city.
(7-20) Wisdom hath strengthened the wise more than ten princes of the city.
Wisdom gives more strength to the wise than ten rulers who are in the city.
Wisdom gives strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
Wisdom strengthens a wise person more than ten rulers who are in a city.
Wisdom makes a person stronger than ten leaders in a city.
Wisdom does more for a person than ten rulers can do for a city.
Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers of a city.
Wisdom hath coumfortid a wise man, ouer ten pryncis of a citee.
Wisdom gives strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.
The wisdom giveth strength to a wise man, more than wealth the rulers who have been in a city.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Ecclesiastes 9:15-18, 2 Samuel 20:16-22, Proverbs 21:22, Proverbs 24:5, Colossians 1:9-11
Reciprocal: Joshua 8:4 - go not 2 Samuel 20:22 - in her wisdom 1 Kings 3:9 - to judge 1 Kings 3:28 - the wisdom 2 Kings 2:12 - My father 1 Chronicles 12:32 - all their Proverbs 8:14 - I have Ecclesiastes 9:16 - Wisdom Isaiah 33:6 - wisdom Daniel 1:4 - and skillful Daniel 2:23 - who hast
Cross-References
You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his female. Of the animals that are not clean, take two, the male and his female.
Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.
Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came on the earth.
went by pairs to Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah.
Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
Truly in vain is [the help that is looked for] from the hills, the tumult on the mountains: truly in Yahweh our God is the salvation of Israel.
by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise,.... Against such extremes as before mentioned; it is a guard about him, as well as a guide unto him; it is a defence unto him, as before observed, Ecclesiastes 7:12; and is better than strength of body, or weapons of war, Ecclesiastes 9:16; and a wise man does greater things by it than a strong man with them, and is safer with it than he can be by them. Some understand this of Christ, the Wisdom of God, without whom a good man can do nothing, but all things through him strengthening him; and who being a strong tower and place of refuge to him, he is safer in him than if he was in the strongest garrison, and under the protection of ever so large a number of valiant men: Christ, and grace from him, strengthen
more than ten mighty [men] which are in the city; that is, than many mighty men, or men of war, which guard a city; the city of Jerusalem, or any other. The Targum applies this to Joseph, and paraphrases it,
"the wisdom of Joseph the son of Jacob helped him to make him wiser than all his ten righteous brethren.''
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 19. Wisdom strengtheneth the wise — One wise, thoroughly learned, and scientific man, may be of more use in fortifying and defending a city, than ten princes. Witness the case of Syracuse, when attacked by the Romans both by sea and land. Archimedes, by his engines, burnt and dashed their fleet to pieces, and destroyed all that came near the walls. And had not the city been betrayed, and he killed, all their force and skill could not have taken it.
