Ecc 9:16 | NET2full | STEP | So I concluded that wisdom is better than might , but a poor man’s wisdom is despised ; no one ever listens to his advice .

Ecclesiastes 9:16

16 So I concluded that wisdom is better than might, ^{▼▼tn Or “power.”}
but a poor man’s wisdom is despised; no one ever listens ^{▼▼tn The participle form נִשְׁמָעִים (nishmaʿim, Niphal participle masculine plural from שָׁמַע, [shamaʿ] “to listen”) is used verbally to emphasize a continual, durative, gnomic action.} to his advice. ^{▼▼tn Heb “his words are never listened to.”}