Pengkhotbah 9:16

9:16 So I concluded that wisdom is better than might, ¹ 

but a poor man’s wisdom is despised; no one ever listens ²  to his advice. ³ 

Pengkhotbah 10:6

10:6 Fools ⁴  are placed in many positions of authority, ⁵ 

while wealthy men sit in lowly positions.

¹ tn Or “power.”

² tn The participle form נִשְׁמָעִים (nishma’im, Niphal participle mpl from שָׁמַע, “to listen”) is used verbally to emphasize a continual, durative, gnomic action.

³ tn Heb “his words are never listened to.”

⁴ tn Heb “folly.”

⁵ tn Heb “high places.”