 | Philip Sheldon Foner, Robert J. Branham - 1998 - 952 pages
...great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. Now there was found in it, a poor wise man, and he, by his wisdom, delivered the city; and yet no man remembered that same poor man." This is admirable, and to the point. If he be not the... | |
 | 1999 - 68 pages
...great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. "Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered...man. "Then said I, "Wisdom is better than strength: 10 and his words are not heard." "The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him... | |
 | James William Gilbart - 1999 - 674 pages
...deference paid to even good advice has depended upon the social rank of the party who offered it : " Wisdom is better than strength ; nevertheless the...wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard." * The public, too, had been so long accustomed to private banking, that, seeing the manager paid by a salary,... | |
 | 1999 - 572 pages
...king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it. 15 But there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man. l6 But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man's... | |
 | Jacob Neusner - 1999 - 740 pages
...great king against it and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city, and yet no man remembered that poor man' (Qoh. 9:14-15): B. " 'There is a little city': this is the... | |
 | Daniel Nettle, Suzanne Romaine - 2000 - 254 pages
...often brutal client regimes in the developing world, has a long way to go. Why Something Should Be Done Wisdom is better than strength; Nevertheless the poor...man's wisdom is despised, And his words are not heard. — Ecclesiastes 9:14-16 We have seen how the changing face of linguistic diversity in the modern world... | |
 | Daniel H. Frank, Oliver Leaman, Charles Harry Manekin - 2000 - 640 pages
...and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it; now there was found in it a man poor and wise, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.' In this parable, man is described as a little city, for he is the microcosm. The members of his body... | |
 | Dagobert D. Runes - 2001 - 308 pages
...great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered...man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. - 174The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. Wisdom... | |
 | Lieve M. Teugels - 2001 - 356 pages
...him and said, 'O my lord (Gen 44: 1 8). Then Joseph could no longer control himself (Gen. 45: 1 ). And he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no man remembered that poor man. And is it not enough for us that they did not remember him, but he made him the agent over... | |
 | Esther C. Stanley - 2001 - 198 pages
...west, the Capital of Sichuan, also named Chengdu. great bulwarks against it. Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and. he by his wisdom delivered the city;.... Wisdom is better than strength...; Wisdom is better than weapons of war...." Ecclesiastes 9:l4,15a,l6a,18a... | |
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I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by... 
