Ecc 9:16 | NETfull | 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, ^{▼▼ Or “power.”}
but a poor man’s wisdom is despised; no one ever listens ^{▼▼ The participle form נִשְׁמָעִים (nishma’im, Niphal participle mpl from שָׁמַע, “to listen”) is used verbally to emphasize a continual, durative, gnomic action.} to his advice. ^{▼▼ Heb “his words are never listened to.”}