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Ecclesiastes 9:15

NETBible	However, a poor but wise man lived in the city,¹ and he could have delivered² the city by his wisdom, but no one listened³ to that poor man.
NIV © biblegateway Ecc 9:15	Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man.
NASB © biblegateway Ecc 9:15	But there was found in it a poor wise man and he delivered the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
NLT © biblegateway Ecc 9:15	There was a poor, wise man living there who knew how to save the town, and so it was rescued. But afterward no one thought any more about him.
MSG © biblegateway Ecc 9:15	There was a poor but wise man in that town whose wisdom saved the town, but he was promptly forgotten. (He was only a poor man, after all.)
BBE © SABDAweb Ecc 9:15	Now there was in the town a poor, wise man, and he, by his wisdom, kept the town safe. But no one had any memory of that same poor man.
NRSV © bibleoremus Ecc 9:15	Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
NKJV © biblegateway Ecc 9:15	Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that same poor man.
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KJV	Now there was found <04672> (8804) in it a poor <04542> wise <02450> man <0376>_, and he by his wisdom <02451> delivered <04422> (8765) the city <05892>_; yet no man <0120> remembered <02142> (8804) that same poor <04542> man <0376>_.
NASB © biblegateway Ecc 9:15	But there was found <04672> in it a poor <04542> wise <02450> man <0376> and he delivered <04422> the city <05892> by his wisdom <02451> . Yet no <03808> one <0120> remembered <02142> that poor <04542> man <0376> .
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ eurh <2147> V-AAS-3S en <1722> PREP auth <846> D-DSF andra <435> N-ASM penhta <3993> N-ASM sofon <4680> A-ASM kai <2532> CONJ diaswsei <1295> V-FAI-3S autov <846> D-NSM thn <3588> T-ASF polin <4172> N-ASF en <1722> PREP th <3588> T-DSF sofia <4678> N-DSF autou <846> D-GSM kai <2532> CONJ anyrwpov <444> N-NSM ouk <3364> ADV emnhsyh <3403> V-API-3S sun <4862> PREP tou <3588> T-GSM androv <435> N-GSM tou <3588> T-GSM penhtov <3993> N-GSM ekeinou <1565> D-GSM
NET [draft] ITL	However, a poor <04542> but wise <02450> man <0376> lived <04672> in the city, and he <01931> could have delivered the <04422> city <05892> by his wisdom <02451> , but no <03808> one <0120> listened <02142> to that poor <04542> man <0376> .
HEBREW	awhh <01931> Nkomh <04542> syah <0376> ta <0853> rkz <02142> al <03808> Mdaw <0120> wtmkxb <02451> ryeh <05892> ta <0853> awh <01931> jlmw <04422> Mkx <02450> Nkom <04542> sya <0376> hb <0> aumw (9:15) <04672>

NETBible

However, a poor but wise man lived in the city,¹ and he could have delivered² the city by his wisdom, but no one listened³ to that poor man.

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “was found in it”; the referent (the city) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²tn Or “he delivered.” The verb וּמִלַּט (umillat, from מָלַט, malat, “to deliver”) is functioning either in an indicative sense (past definite action: “he delivered”) or in a modal sense (past potential: “he could have delivered”). The literal meaning of זָכַר (zakhar, “to remember”) in the following line harmonizes with the indicative: “but no one remembered that poor man [afterward].” However, the modal is supported by v. 16: “A poor man’s wisdom is despised; no one ever listens to his advice.” This approach must nuance זָכַר (“to remember”) as “[no one] listened to [that poor man].” Most translations favor the indicative approach: “he delivered” or “he saved” (KJV, RSV, NRSV, NAB, ASV, NASB, MLB, NIV); however, some adopt the modal nuance: “he might have saved” (NEB, NJPS, NASB margin).

³tn Heb “remembered.”