Verse | Translation | Text |
Ec 9:15 | Strong Concordance | Now there was found [04672] in it a poor [04542] wise [02450] man [0376], and he by his wisdom [02451] delivered [04422] the city [05892]; yet no man [0120] remembered [02142] that same poor [04542] man [0376]. |
King James | Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. |
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
poor--as to the temporal advantages of true wisdom, though it often saves others. It receives little reward from the world, which admires none save the rich and great. no man remembered-- (Gen 40:23). |