Ecclesiastes 9:15
Ecclesiastes 9:13-15 The Message (MSG)
One day as I was observing how wisdom fares on this earth, I saw something that made me sit up and take notice. There was a small town with only a few people in it. A strong king came and mounted an attack, building trenches and attack posts around it. 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.)
Ecclesiastes 9:15 King James Version (KJV)
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.
Ecclesiastes 9:15 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
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.
Ecclesiastes 9:15 New Century Version (NCV)
Now there was a poor but wise man in the town who used his wisdom to save his town. But later on, everyone forgot about him.
Ecclesiastes 9:15 American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Ecclesiastes 9:15 New International Version (NIV)
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.
Ecclesiastes 9:15 New King James Version (NKJV)
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.
Ecclesiastes 9:15 Amplified Bible (AMP)
But there was found in it a poor wise man, and by his wisdom he rescued the city. Yet no man [seriously] remembered that poor man.