Ecclesiastes 9:16
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”

Young's Literal Translation
And I said, ‘Better [is] wisdom than might, and the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.’—

King James Bible
Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard.

Hebrew
And I
אָ֔נִי (’ā·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

said,
וְאָמַ֣רְתִּי (wə·’ā·mar·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Wisdom
חָכְמָ֖ה (ḥāḵ·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2451: Wisdom

is better
טוֹבָ֥ה (ṭō·w·ḇāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

than strength,
מִגְּבוּרָ֑ה (mig·gə·ḇū·rāh)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1369: Force, valor, victory

but the wisdom
וְחָכְמַ֤ת (wə·ḥā·ḵə·maṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 2451: Wisdom

of the poor
הַמִּסְכֵּן֙ (ham·mis·kên)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 4542: Indigent

man is despised,
בְּזוּיָ֔ה (bə·zū·yāh)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular
Strong's 959: To disesteem

and his words
וּדְבָרָ֖יו (ū·ḏə·ḇā·rāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

are not
אֵינָ֥ם (’ê·nām)
Adverb | third person masculine plural
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

heeded.”
נִשְׁמָעִֽים׃ (niš·mā·‘îm)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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