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
[9:16] 1 tn Or “power.”
[9:16] 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.
[9:16] 3 tn Heb “his words are never listened to.”
