Verse Comparison: Ecclesiastes 9:15
American Standard Version
Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Amplified® Bible
But there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no man [seriously] remembered that poor man.
Contemporary English Version
But the city was saved by the wisdom of a poor person who was soon forgotten.
Darby English Version
and there was found in it a poor wise man, who by his wisdom delivered the city; but no man remembered that poor man.
Good News Bible
Someone lived there who was poor, but so clever that he could have saved the town. But no one thought about him.
King James Version
Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
New American Standard Bible
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.
New International Version
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.
New King James Version
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.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But there lived in it a poor wise man and he delivered the city by his wisdom Yet no one remembered that poor man.
Revised Standard Version
But there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
Young's Literal Translation
and there hath been found in it a poor wise man, and he hath delivered the city by his wisdom, and men have not remembered that poor man!