Ecclesiastes · קֹהֶלֶת

Ecclesiastes 9:15

וּמָצָ֣א בָ֗הּ אִ֤ישׁ מִסְכֵּן֙ חָכָ֔ם וּמִלַּ֛ט ה֥וּא אֶת הָעִ֖יר בְּחָכְמָת֑וֹ וְאָדָ֕ם לֹ֥א זָכַ֖ר אֶת הָאִ֥ישׁ הַמִּסְכֵּ֖ן הַהֽוּא׃
vmaṣaʾ bah ʾiysh misken ḥakam vmilaṭ hvʾ ʾet haʿiyr bḥakmatvo vʾadam loʾ zakar ʾet haʾiysh hamisken hahvʾ
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.

Modern English

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.

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