 | 1840 - 870 pages
...great king against it, and besieged it, and bum great bulwarks against it : 15 Now there was found in land, and the waters were divided. 22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of nan. 16 Then said I, Wisdom it better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom '\ despised,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...great kin,,' 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; yet no man remembered that poor wise man. 9 A soft answer turneth away wrath. i« The journey of the idle is like a hedge of thorns.... | |
 | Thomas Fuller - 1840 - 614 pages
...Lydyate had the best in that contest ; but here it came to pass what Solomon had long before observed, "Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard."* He never attained higher church-preferment than the rectory of Alkerton, the town of his nativity ;... | |
 | Edward James Moor - 1840 - 212 pages
...town from the punishment which it deserved. As it is written in the Text: " Now there was found in it a poor wise Man : and he by his wisdom delivered the city." 3. How he performed it, or what he said, or did, we are not told. Perhaps the poor wise Man went to... | |
 | James Brogden - 1842 - 564 pages
...in it, besieged by a great and potent king, and in the 15th verse we read that " there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city." A worthy service indeed, and certainly we may expect that some honourable recompence should follow... | |
 | Anglican fathers - 1842 - 546 pages
...men in it, besieged by a great and potent king ; and in verse 15 we read, that " there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city." A worthy service indeed, and certainly we may expect that some honourable recompense should follow... | |
 | Noam Chomsky - 1993 - 824 pages
...tower for the empty mob, received little honor" (Theognis 233-234); "There was found in [that city] a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no one remembered that poor man" (Koh 9,15). Sometimes themes come so close in the two collections as... | |
 | Rolf P. Knierim - 1995 - 624 pages
...foolish king, who will no longer take advice" (Eccl 4:13); "Now there was found in it [a besieged city] a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man" (Eccl 9: 15). On occasion, especially in Isaiah and Jeremiah, the Old... | |
 | Gavriel Zaloshinsky - 1995 - 664 pages
...to the dish." There is grace to the words of these who understand, as a ruby in a setting of gold. 'The poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard" (Koheles 9:16). So that if one sees that his words are not heeded, let him go to one whose words are... | |
 | Benzion Sobel - 1996 - 680 pages
...to the dish." There is grace to the words of these who understand, as a ruby in a setting of gold. 'The poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard" (Koheles 9:16). So that if one sees that his words are not heeded, let him go to one whose words are... | |
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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... 
