Ec. Eclesiastés, capítulo Eclesiastés, capítulo 9
Ecclesiastes 9:16 in different translations
Spanish
RV1909
Entonces dije yo: Mejor es la sabiduría que la fortaleza; aunque la ciencia del pobre sea menospreciada, y no sean escuchadas sus palabras.
BES
Entonces dije: La sabiduría es mejor que la fuerza, pero la sabiduría del pobre no es respetada, y sus palabras no son escuchadas.
PdDpt
Entonces me dije: Mejor es la sabiduría que la fuerza, aunque la sabiduría del pobre sea menospreciada, y sus palabras no sean escuchadas.
PDT
A pesar de todo, yo creo que la mejor fortaleza que se puede tener es la sabiduría, y aunque esa gente se olvidó de ese sabio pobre y dejaron de escucharlo, yo sigo creyendo que la sabiduría es mejor.
English
KJV (66 books)
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
BSB
And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”
DRA
And I said that wisdom is better than strength: how then is the wisdom of the poor man slighted, and his words not heard?
FBV
As I've always said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” Yet the wisdom of that poor man was dismissed—people didn't pay attention to what he said.
GNV
Then said I, Better is wisdome then strength: yet the wisedome of the poore is despised, and his wordes are not heard.
LSV
And I said, “Better [is] wisdom than might, and the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.”
NASB
So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are ignored. NASB 2020
NIV (US)
So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are no longer heeded.
OJB
Then said I, Chochmah is better than gevurah (strength); nevertheless the poor manʼs chochmah is despised, and his devarim are not heard.
T4T
So I realized that although being wise is better than being strong, if you are poor, no one will appreciate what you do, and people will soon forget what you said.
WEB (US)
Then I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” Nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Russian
РСП (66 кн.)
И сказал я: мудрость лучше силы, и, однако же, мудрость бедняка пренебрегается, и слов его не слушают.
НРП
Тогда сказал я: «Мудрость лучше силы». Но мудростью бедняка пренебрегают и на слова его не обращают внимания.
Заокская (Кулаков)
И сказал я: мудрость лучше силы, но пренебрегают люди мудростью бедняка и не прислушиваются к его словам.
СП (БЛ)
Но всё же я говорю, что мудрость лучше, чем сила. Люди забыли о мудрости того бедняка и перестали слушать его, но я до сих пор верю, что мудрость лучше.