Ecclesiastes 9:17

American Standard Version (1901)

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

ASV Byzantine Text

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

Asang Khongca Bible

Ukkung kamthu hanghaih lok tahngaih pongah loe palungha ih loknaem to tahngaih hanah hoih kue.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Hlangcueih ol tah aka ang rhoek aka taemrhai kah a pang lakah mongnah neh a hnatun uh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Hlangcueih ol tah aka ang rhoek aka taemrhai kah a pang lakah mongnah neh a hnatun uh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Ua loheia no na olelo a ka poe naauao ma kahi noho malu ai, mamua o ke kala ana o ka luna o ka poe naaupo.

English Berean Standard Bible

The calm words of the wise are heeded over the shouts of a ruler among fools.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Pito ou koute pawòl yon moun ki gen konprann ap di ou tou dousman pase pawòl chèf k'ap rele byen fò nan mitan yon bann moun sòt.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Verba sapientium audiuntur in silentio, plus quam clamor principis inter stultos.

Bible in Basic English

The words of the wise which come quietly to the ear are noted more than the cry of a ruler among the foolish.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Les paroles des sages sont écoutées dans la tranquillité, plus que le cri de celui qui gouverne parmi les sots.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Slov moudrých pokojně poslouchati sluší, raději než křiku panujícího mezi blázny.

Kosraean Bible

Wo in porongo pusra fisrasr lun sie mwet lalmwetmet, liki pusren wowoyak lun sie mwet kol inmasrlon mwet lalfon.

World Portuguese Bible

As palavras dos sábios ouvidas em silêncio são melhores do que o grito daquele que governa entre os tolos.

Romanian BTF Bible

Cuvintele înțelepților sunt ascultate în tăcere mai mult decât strigătul celui ce domnește printre proști.

Brenton English Septuagint

The words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the cry of them that rule in folly.

Burmese Common Language Bible

အုပ်စိုးသောသူသည် မိုက်သောသူတို့တွင် ကြွေး ကြော်သောအသံကို နားထောင်ကြသည်ထက်၊ ငြိမ်ဝပ် ရာ၌ ပညာရှိပြောသောစကားကို သာ၍နားထောင်တတ် ကြ၏။

Darby Translation

The words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Worte der Weisen, in Ruhe gehört, sind mehr wert als das Geschrei des Herrschers unter den Toren. -

Dutch Bible 1917

De woorden der wijzen moeten in stilheid aangehoord worden, meer dan het geroep desgenen, die over de zotten heerst.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Woorden van wijzen, met kalmte aanhoord, Zijn beter dan geschreeuw van een veldheer tot dwazen.

Italian Diodati Bible

Le parole de' savi devono esser più quietamente ascoltate, che la grida d'un signore fra gli stolti.

Douay-Rheims 1899

The words of the wise are heard in silence, more than the cry of a prince among fools.

Geneva Bible 1599

The wordes of the wise are more heard in quietnes, then the crye of him that ruleth among fooles.

Noyes Bible

The quiet words of the wise are sooner heard than the shouting of a foolish ruler.

Danish Bible 1931

Vismænds Ord, der høres i Ro, er bedre end en Herskers Råb iblandt Dårer.

Leeser Tanakh

The words of wise men heard in quiet are better than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

The words of the wise spoken in quiet are more acceptable than the cry of a ruler among fools.

King James Version

The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

King James Version + Apocrypha

The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Lời của người khôn ngoan được nghe tại nơi êm lặng còn hơn tiếng kêu la của kẻ cai trị trong đám dại dột.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

The words of wise men are heard in quiet, more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

Revised West Version

‌ʻOku ongo lahi mai ʻae fanafana ʻae poto ʻi he kalanga ʻo ia ʻoku pule ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe vale.

French Ostervald Bible

Mieux vaut des paroles de sages paisiblement écoutées, que le cri de celui qui domine parmi les insensés.

Esperanto Bible

La vortoj de saĝuloj, trankvile aŭskultitaj, estas pli bonaj ol la kriado de reganto inter malsaĝuloj.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Les paroles des sages tranquillement écoutées valent mieux que les cris de celui qui domine parmi les insensés.

German Luther Bible 1912

Der Weisen Worte, in Stille vernommen, sind besser denn der Herren Schreien unter den Narren.

LXX2012 U. S. English

The words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the cry of them that rule in folly.

British English Septuagint 2012

The words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the cry of them that rule in folly.

Majority Standard BIble

The calm words of the wise are heeded over the shouts of a ruler among fools.

Webster Bible

The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

Revised Version

The words of the wise spoken in quiet are heard more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Le parole de’ savi, udite nella quiete, valgon meglio delle grida di chi domina fra gli stolti.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Les paroles des sages, écoutées dans le calme, valent mieux que les cris d'un chef au milieu des insensés.

Reina Valera 1909

Las palabras del sabio con reposo son oídas, más que el clamor del señor entre los necios.

Spanish BLL

Más valen las palabras tranquilas de los sabios que los gritos del jefe de los tontos.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Las palabras del sabio escuchadas en quietud son mejores que el clamor del que señorea entre los necios.

Croatian Bible

Blage se riječi mudraca bolje čuju nego vika zapovjednika nad luđacima.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Reči mudrih ljudi valja s mirom slušati više nego viku onog koji zapoveda među ludima.

German Textbibel

Worte von Weisen, in Ruhe vernommen, sind besser als das Geschrei eines Herrschers unter den Thoren.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

The words of the wise are heard in quiet More than the cry of them that rule in folly.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

דִּבְרֵ֣י חֲכָמִ֔ים בְּנַ֖חַת נִשְׁמָעִ֑ים מִזַּעֲקַ֥ת מוֹשֵׁ֖ל בַּכְּסִילִֽים׃

World English Bible

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.

World English Bible (Catholic)

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.

World English Bible British Edition

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules amongst fools.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules amongst fools.

World English Bible Classic

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.

World English Bible Updated

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.

World Messianic Bible

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules amongst fools.

Young's Literal Translation

The words of the wise in quiet are heard, More than the cry of a ruler over fools.

SEPTUAGINTA

λόγοι σοφῶν ἐν ἀναπαύσει ἀκούονται ὑπὲρ κραυγὴν ἐξουσιαζόντων ἐν ἀφροσύναις.

Brenton Septuagint

Λόγοι σοφῶν ἐν ἀναπαύσει ἀκούονται ὑπὲρ κραυγὴν ἐξουσιάζόντων ἐν ἀφροσύναις.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Кувинтеле ынцелепцилор, аскултате ын линиште, сунт май де прец декыт стригэтеле унуя каре стэпынеште ынтре небунь.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Слово тихе й розумне, як його послухають, переважує крик потужного між дурними.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Слово тихе й розумне, як його послухають, переважує крик потужного між дурними.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Речи мудрих људи ваља с миром слушати више него вику оног који заповеда међу лудима.

Russian Synodal Bible

Слова мудрых, высказанные спокойно, выслушиваются лучше, нежели крик властелина между глупыми.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

דִּבְרֵ֣י חֲכָמִ֔ים בְּנַ֖חַת נִשְׁמָעִ֑ים מִזַּעֲקַ֥ת מֹושֵׁ֖ל בַּכְּסִילִֽים׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

דברי חכמים בנחת נשמעים מזעקת מושל בכסילים׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

كَلِمَاتُ ٱلْحُكَمَاءِ تُسْمَعُ فِي ٱلْهُدُوءِ، أَكْثَرَ مِنْ صُرَاخِ ٱلْمُتَسَلِّطِ بَيْنَ ٱلْجُهَّالِ.

Old Persion Version Bible

سخنان حکیمان که به آرامی گفته شود، ازفریاد حاکمی که در میان احمقان باشد زیاده مسموع می‌گردد.

Judson Burmese Bible

အုပ်စိုး သောသူသည် မိုက် သောသူတို့တွင် ကြွေးကြော် သောအသံကို နားထောင်ကြသည်ထက် ၊ ငြိမ်ဝပ် ရာ၌ ပညာရှိ ပြောသောစကား ကို သာ၍နားထောင် တတ် ကြ၏။

Korean Bible 1910

종용히 들리는 지혜자의 말이 우매자의 어른의 호령보다 나으니라

Japanese Freedom Bible

静かに聞かれる知恵ある者の言葉は、愚かな者たちの中で支配する者の叫び声にまさる。

World Chinese Bible

智慧人的话在安静中被听见，胜过在愚昧人中掌权者的喊叫。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

宁可在安静之中听智慧人的言语，不听掌管愚昧人的喊声。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

寧可在安靜之中聽智慧人的言語，不聽掌管愚昧人的喊聲。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

As palavras dos sábios devem ser ouvidas em quietude, mais do que o grito daquele que domina sobre os tolos.

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Mashi Bible

Ebinwa binjà by’omurhimanya banabiyumvirhize kulusha okuyâma kw’omwâmi w’abasirhe.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Die Worte der Weisen, die man in der Stille vernimmt, sind besser als das Schreien eines Herrschers unter den Narren.

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Las palabras de los sabios que llegan silenciosamente al oído se notan más que el clamor de un gobernante entre los necios.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Las palabras de los sabios dichas en quietud Son más aceptables que el clamor de un magistrado entre los necios.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

Divrei chachamim in quiet are more to be heeded than the shouting of the moshel (one ruling) among kesilim.

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