 and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and built great bulwarks round against it, and besieged it. 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.  Works of Francis Bacon - Page 256by Francis Bacon - 1864Full view - About this book
 | 1856 - 578 pages
...your evil ways, and from your evil doings. [Zechariah i. 4.] XXII. 'T'HEKE was a little city, and a few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he... | |
 | Ada R. Habershon - Religion - 1957 - 244 pages
...things. Alas! that it should ever be said of Him, as of the poor wise man in Solomon's parable, who “by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. - . The poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.” Joseph's character throughout... | |
 | סמואל בן מאיר - Religion - 1985 - 268 pages
...wise: wisdom is a strong tower to a wise man, by which to guard his city — as it is said: “But there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city etc.” (9:15) — more than ten rulers which are in the city to guard it. gives strength to the wise:... | |
 | Robert Davidson - Religion - 1986 - 180 pages
...it; and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it. 15 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. 16 But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man's... | |
 | 394 pages
...in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it. But there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom saved the city” [Eccles 9:14-15]. Rabbi Ammi bar Abbs explained these verses in the following way:... | |
 | Herbert Lockyer - Religion - 1963 - 388 pages
...figurative speech. Every word of this parable is full of significance. “There was a little city, and a few men within it; and there came a great king against it, beseiged it, and built great bulwarks against it: now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he... | |
 | Noam Chomsky - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1993 - 824 pages
...tower for the empty mob, received little honor" (Theognis 233-234); "There was found in [that city] a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no one remembered that poor man" (Koh 9,15). Sometimes themes come so close in the two collections as... | |
 | Philip Sheldon Foner, Robert J. Branham - History - 1998 - 952 pages
...following: “This wisdom have I seen under the sun, and it seemed great to me. There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. Now there was found in it, a poor wise man, and he,... | |
 | Jacob Neusner - Religion - 1999 - 740 pages
...men in it, and there came a great king against it and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city, and yet no man remembered that poor man' (Qoh. 9:14-15): B. " 'There is a little city': this is the... | |
 | Bibles - 1999 - 572 pages
...it; and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it. 15 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. l6 But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man's... | |
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