Ecclesiastes 9:13-18

Modern English Version

The Excellence of Wisdom

¹³ I have also seen this wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me: ¹⁴ There was a small city with a few men in it; and a great king came and surrounded it, and he built up great siege works against it. ¹⁵ But a poor, wise man was found there, and he himself in his wisdom delivered the city, but no one remembered that poor man. ¹⁶ Then I said, “Wisdom is better than strength; yet the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.”