Prediker 9:17

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling

Woorden van wijzen, rustig aangehoord, zijn meer dan het geroep van een heerscher onder de dwazen.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
De stille woorden der wijzen gelden meer dan het geroep van een heerser onder de dwazen.

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

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Genesis 41:33-40, 1 Samuel 7:3-6, Proverbs 28:23, Isaiah 42:2, Isaiah 42:4, James 1:20, James 3:17, James 3:18

Reciprocal: Proverbs 17:27 - an excellent spirit Acts 19:41 - when

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The words of wise [men are] heard in quiet,.... That is, by some persons and at some times, though not by all persons and always; or they are to be heard, or should be heard, though they seldom be, even the words of wise men that are poor: these are to be heard quietly and patiently, without any tumult and contradiction; or should be heard, being delivered with a low and submissive voice, without any noise, or blustering pride, or passion, sedately and with great humility, submitting them to the judgment of others; which sense the comparison seems to require;

more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools; more than the noisy words of a foolish governor; or than the dictates of an imperious man, delivered in a clamorous and blustering way; by which he obtains authority among such fools as himself, who are influenced more by the pomp and noise of words than by the force of true wisdom and reason; but all right judges will give the preference to the former. The Targum interprets it of the silent prayer of the wise being received by the Lord, more than the clamour of the wicked.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 17. The words of wise men are heard in quiet — In the tumult of war the words of Archimedes were not heard; and his life was lost.