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Hebrew Language ⇌

Ecclesiastes 9:16

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0559
wə·’ā·mar·tî
וְאָמַ֣רְתִּי
Then said
Verb
0589
’ā·nî,
אָ֔נִי
I
Pronoun
02896
ṭō·w·ḇāh
טוֹבָ֥ה
[is] better
Adjective
02451
ḥāḵ·māh
חָכְמָ֖ה
Wisdom
Noun
01369
mig·gə·ḇū·rāh;
מִגְּבוּרָ֑ה
than strength
Noun
02451
wə·ḥā·ḵə·maṯ
וְחָכְמַ֤ת
and wisdom
Noun
04542
ham·mis·kên
הַמִּסְכֵּן֙
of nevertheless the poor man
Adjective
0959
bə·zū·yāh,
בְּזוּיָ֔ה
[is] despised
Verb
01697
ū·ḏə·ḇā·rāw
וּדְבָרָ֖יו
and his words
Noun
0369
’ê·nām
אֵינָ֥ם
are not
Particle
08085
niš·mā·‘îm.
נִשְׁמָעִֽים׃
do heard
Verb

 

Aleppo Codex
ואמרתי אני טובה חכמה מגבורה וחכמת המסכן בזויה ודבריו אינם נשמעים
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia
וְאָמַ֣רְתִּי אָ֔נִי טֹובָ֥ה חָכְמָ֖ה מִגְּבוּרָ֑ה וְחָכְמַ֤ת הַמִּסְכֵּן֙ בְּזוּיָ֔ה וּדְבָרָ֖יו אֵינָ֥ם נִשְׁמָעִֽים׃
Masoretic Text (1524)
ואמרתי אני טובה חכמה מגבורה וחכמת המסכן בזויה ודבריו אינם נשׁמעים
Westminster Leningrad Codex
וְאָמַ֣רְתִּי אָ֔נִי טֹובָ֥ה חָכְמָ֖ה מִגְּבוּרָ֑ה וְחָכְמַ֤ת הַמִּסְכֵּן֙ בְּזוּיָ֔ה וּדְבָרָ֖יו אֵינָ֥ם נִשְׁמָעִֽים׃
Greek Septuagint
καὶ εἶπα ἐγώ ἀγαθὴ σοφία ὑπὲρ δύναμιν· καὶ σοφία τοῦ πένητος ἐξουδενωμένη, καὶ λόγοι αὐτοῦ οὔκ εἰσιν ἀκουόμενοι.
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."
English Standard Version
But I say that wisdom is better than might though the poor man's wisdom is despised and his words are not heard
Holman Christian Standard Version
And I said, "Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded."
King James Version
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised (8803), and his words are not heard (8737).
Lexham English Bible
So I concluded that wisdom is better than might, yet the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.
New American Standard Version
So I said, "Wisdom is better than strength." But the wisdom of the poor man is despised and his words are not heeded.
World English Bible
Then I said, "Wisdom is better than strength." Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
 
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